Gentlemen, I had the most amazing shave right off the Norton a couple hours ago.
I looked at the edge in the scope before the shave and did see more scratches than I like, so I gave it another
"20 laps to dry", and the edge looked waaay finer. A lot more polished.
And it really did the trick. The edge was sharp and very smooth, like impossibly smooth for a 8k edge!

I believe I've seen the light!


By blix72 at 2012-01-03

So todays honing session was 20 laps on the 8k, then 50/100 on a Illinois #827

BAM, a top 10 shave at least.