Quote Originally Posted by Korndog
Ok, I'll try the 15k some more. Thanks for the idea about the felt tip. I was thinking about stones and decided to take a picture of a Murray Carter knife sharpening job, which are some of the best. He only uses 1k stones I believe and gets the most amazing knife edges anywhere. Here is a picture of it and it looks very smooth across the edge even with the coarser stone. I'm not sure if this means anything, but it makes me think I can go down to the 1k stone to try and grind these nicks out if I have to.
When I look at that picture, it seems there's something more at work there. Notice how the very edge is depressed. I saw something similar in the Feather super str8 blade. This just looks too smooth for a 1K stone. With a 1k stone the scratch lines are much coarser, and that determines the depth of the depressions in the edge.

What you could try is going back to the 5K and doing 1 or 2 rond trips with light pressure just to see what effect it has on the edge.

A 1k is so aggressive that it could reform the entire edge quickly, not just the tip. That's counterproductive.