I knew the 12K was for finishing/touching up but felt I have time on the weekend to spend some time on it and perhaps 1,000 laps was too much, but it seemed to greatly improve the shaves I was getting with it for about three weeks. Then I touched the edge up with the 12K and was good for about three more weeks. Then, this last time honing made the edge duller.

I have to wonder if I set the bevel with the tape and stone that didn't match the work I get with my strop and resulted in a dull edge. I am certain that the blade is dull. I have used my Fusion until I could try and straighten out the dull edge issue and after using the strop for 100 laps I tried to shave and was getting very little whisker catching. I stropped for another 100 laps and got some cutting of the whiskers and finished up with my Fusion. Truly, I miss my straight razor shaves each morning.