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zib did bring up a good point from the hone addicts that continued use of paste can lead to edge rounding.... believe I've heard of talk of pastes leading to concave fin edges also? gotta be...

I end my honing routine coming off the shapton 16k and go onto a balsa wood paddle strop (piece of balsa wood placed on desk) pasted with chromium oxide but just use leather for daily stropping....
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