So I've been pottering about with hones for a while now, starting with the WNY meet where I honed my first two razors- one being a great success, the other just mediocre. Then the next few were all honed by myself- no watchful eye or supervision. I got everything I tried shave ready, and have been experimenting and I think I've finally dialed in the "perfect" finish for me.

Of course now that I am posting this it will probably Murphy's Law me and bite me in the ass.

What I do when I finish is I do a few laps on the Swaty, then a few on the Natural (either Thury or J-nat, whichever I decide to use- one is very narrow, the other is wide and long, respectively, and they work better with different razors I think) then one or two on the swaty, then the natural, then one or two on the swaty, then a few on the natural until I think its there. And for touch ups- a few laps on the swaty, and a few laps on one of the naturals.

No idea why it works or if my system even makes sense but what I think is happening is I'm putting a sharp edge on it with the Swaty, then refining it with the natural, kinda like pyramiding. Plus I think the Swaty is faster than the naturals- but I could be very wrong. Does anyone know for sure?