How would you describe feedback you get from the steering system in your car as you drive on a winding mountain road? I don't know that I could and the same with a hone. I agree you get all kinds of cues; the sounds the razor makes, the feel passing over the hone. Each hone has an entirely different regime here and each razor too just like each car will be different and even the same car outfitted with different tires and shocks.
All I know is as the honing progresses there's this 6th sense that tells me its time to stop and check. Now if I could convert that to text I'd be a pretty smart guy.