I agree I never go more than Aoto on any knife, although with Jnats the toothiness is there even at higher grits.
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Hmm, seems like our terminology is a bit off, this is what I call push cutting; Basic Cutting Motions - YouTube
May be, in the last video I posted is a demonstration of push cut, by the nature of the set up.
Both Eamon and Scott are members of the KKF, Scot is extremely well respected there, for his knowledge and great videos on kitchen knife reviews and cutting demonstartions.
Well it say so in the title to the video but they are not the same.
I've always believed that push cut involves a forward motion, that's how I was taught anyway.
Draw cut being it's opposite.
I have separate stones for my knives. I rarely touch a knife to any of my razor hones.
My best edges lately have come from an Arkansas stone progression. I start on soft ark then go to a norton hard translucent stone.
If the blade needs more work I start with shapton 1k. If it needs more than that I use the dmt325.
After the Arkansas stones I can push cut arm hair or paper with ease. Haven't tried my face.
Michael
That's what I like about my BBW: both sides are servicable. And I accidentally dropped it, which damaged one corner slightly, so I can always distinguish the razor and kitchen knife sides. For the rough work I have a 300/800 nameless, hollowed hone, which leaves pretty deep scratches. I'm looking into Naniwa hones, but they're too expensive for me at this moment.