Holy smokes! I now know one thing for sure; I don't know anything. All of you have a ton of knowledge on metallurgy and honing stones; plus you have all your years of experience.

I am just happy reloading and homemade bread making are easy to me. I went ahead and ordered a 1000 grit stone today. I figured one more stone just opened my abilities, what there is to them, one more notch.

Laugh! I thought I would jump into SR shaving,; get a single razor, strop and some stones; and that would be it. Laugh! That was like thinking flying would be easy. Oh well, I concurred the latter, but I think the former will take longer than 45 hours of training.

Thank you all for your answers. Take care.