I honed a vintage Wester Bros. No. 22 today. Started at King 1k then went to Norton 4k, 8k then C12k. I did about 30 circles across the stones alternating sides of blade about 5 times then 10 light laps minding pressure throughout on the 1, 4 and 8k's. Off the 8k seemed all good so moved up to C12k. Spent 45 mins on the C12k and wasn't really happy with it. The edge didn't mirror up like I wanted it to and it just didn't seem sharp enough/wasn't what I expected even though my experience is nil. My C12k stone seems weird. I wish I would've got the thicker one because it's tricky on a narrower stone. I didn't realize the thinner stone was narrower. I overlooked that when I orderd it. Anyhow, there's that and it seems really grabby and inconsistent even at light pressure. So anyways the edge off the C12k sucked imo but I have a 2 sided paddle style leather strop from Lee Valley with 1 micron on one side and clean on the other. I stropped forever on the 1 micron side and then went to clean. I'm overall very happy with the edge. Nice and mirror like and it pops arm hairs off like nothing and operates like it should from vids I've seen. Bummer is I notice in a few spots some scratches from I'm guessing the 12k. Oh well, I'm still proud of it and am looking forward to the shave test tomorrow *fingers crossed* I wonder what you guys think though? I feel like I spent plenty of/too much time on each stone but before paste my results aren't up to what I think they should be. I'm sure the bevel must have been set at 1k because I spent some good time there. Then I took my time and didn't rush through my progression so as to remove the previous stone's tool marks completely. Then the 12k was pretty weird and my result was bleh. Luckily the 1 micron cleaned it all up nice. Funny also it won't pass a HHT but maybe my gf's hair is too fine? I'm bummed about my DMT 325 4x10" lapping plate too. There is an imperfection and it leaves visible little tiny scratches in the stones. I hope I can take it back!!?? It's brand new