First time touchup questions.
I wrote a nice long post about this and lost it because work got in the way of my play time.
Long story short, I've done some searching on touch ups and found some basic information, but I would like some feedback on my specific situation. I have a Dovo Ebony recently honed by Lynn. It's been in every-other-day rotation with my Boker Red Injun for about six weeks now. Today, I made FOUR passes with it and still had visible stubble. I was very frustrated and, after my shave, checked it on my arm hair. When it was newly honed, it would pop hairs off my arm with ease. Today, it would barely cut them.
I did 25 laps on my felt strop with 1.0 diamond spray and 25 laps on the .5 CroOx. It cut arm hairs, but not as well as the Boker.
So I'm thinking I need a touch up. I have the 220/1k/4k/8k Norton kit and am wondering, should I...
a) do more time with the 1.0 diamond and .5 CroOx?
b) do five or ten laps with the 8k and then go to the strops?
c) do some sort of mini-pyramid with the 4k/8k and then go to the strops?
I know it's not easy to answer without seeing and feeling the blade for yourself, but I'm just looking for a little direction.
Thanks in advance for your help.
--David