Quote Originally Posted by richmondesi View Post
I rarely use pastes. I either finish off of a Nakayama Kiita or my Shapton 30K. From there, a good stropping usually gets the most out of my edges. If I get a razor that's not quite "there" from someone else, I'll use ChromOx to bring it up to par...
When you finish with 30K Shapton do you find it is comparable to using a similar .50 micron paste? I guess, I mean to ask is the bevel a similar sharpness or more or less so. Also do you think the edge set on the 30K will hold up longer as a result of being set by honing as compared to "refined by stropping on a paste?"