Thread: C12k questions, how many passes??

A better way to tell when you are done is to look under magnification to see if you have replaced the former scratch pattern with a finer one from your c-nat. If it looks mostly polished with the loupe but still has scratches from the previous stone on the bevel you're not quite there yet.

As to how many strokes to use is a question without a promising answer, because every stone is different. Every person hones with different pressures throughout the progression also.