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Great progress.

Again, I would emphasize not doing the extra pastes and sprays, and just going off the 8K with stropping. If it's not shaving passably there, the extra steps are just masking the...

To add to this excellent advice... as others have suggested consider stropping (cloth then leather only... no pastes) off the 4K and then again at the 8K. Don't expect the 4K to go ATG, expect...

You're on your way... you're looking at the edge pattern as you move along, and starting to understand what's what.

That's how you learn. What is going on with this stone? What are my conditions...

Could be someone muted the spike. When you hone it, you should want to use an X-stroke that reaches all the way to the tip. For one, it's good honing technique and will assist in ensuring a good edge...

My experience exactly to a T... once I let go of a "system" and paid attention to what the edge was doing, that was the breakthrough. Holy smokes I wasted a lot of time on the "pyramid" system and...

You need to learn what each stone does... once you have a sense of what each level in a progression does, then you'll know if you're ready for the next. Otherwise moving on based on number of strokes...