Quote Originally Posted by juannaredo View Post
Since I have all these stones and strops there is no reason to waste them. I know is not necessary to use all of these stone! The result was a great shave, but with an aggressive edge. A friend told me to go back to the Norton 8k for about six to seven passes and strop it again. The result was even a better shave, from a 9+ to a 10 or 10+ shave. My question is why? Inform me. Juan
I don't know the answer to your question but your mentioning that you have all of the stones so you may as well use them brings another thing to my mind. I had the same situation of having a series of stones and automatically going through the progression because they were there and I thought I was supposed to.

Randydance told me to hone up until the 8k and then test shave. If I wasn't getting the razor sharp enough to get a good shave at the 8k level going beyond that was only masking my honing deficiencies and wasting time.

To my surprise I found that a shave off of an 8k is a mighty fine shave. I do this routinely now before I move up the ladder in polishing with the higher grits. It is interesting to see if I am consistently delivering the goods with my honing.