The pyramid has been so successful for so many .. And with different razors and its proven to work right after u have a nice bevel set .. Myself still being a honing noob have started to figure honing out more and more just by doing it.. But to b honest I haven't done anything except the pyramid and have had fantastic success it's easy to follow and it's explained.. Sure I have done circles to get my bevel set and played with razor strokes but this pyramid thing just works, now I'm gonna throw in a 12k at the end and see how that goes.. My problem is I have one more restore left to do then I gotta start looking for some more..RAD...