Thread: Is low grit honing needed at all?

Originally Posted by sami

Thanks for answering guys! At this point i'm comfortable with my Norton 8000 but I find it necessary to give the razor a serious stropping after using that hone, first on canvas side, then on leather.

That makes sense but finishing with very light strokes may give you a better polish reducing the amount of stropping necessary.
Some of us can shave straight off our final polish hones with minimal or no stropping but they would be finer than 8k.