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Make a mark on the razor from the edge to the spine. As you hone you will remove the ink from the bevel, but it will still be on the belly of the razor.

Then when you take a micrograph, line up...

Mark the belly of the bevel for registration, take photos of the same spot each time for comparison.

If you are using less tape now, you must get the bevels flat to the new shallower angle. You...

This is an 8k bevel.

Your issue may be your strop(s) there is a lot of deep stria on that bevel and in random directions.

Try stropping on a clean piece of cardboard and see what the bevel and...

Naturals are completely different because the finish is so subjective, and technique driven.

Synthetic are uniform, your 12k super stone is exactly like my 12k super stone. No two naturals are...

You are not honing to the edge, see that white line at the edge. You either have a burr/flashing, or you are not honing to the edge or the bevels are not flat yet.

The 4k bevel is full of 1k stria...

The goal of shaving off a 1k edge is to perfect the 1k edge, make the stria as shallow and the edge as straight as possible. Once you learn to perfect one stone, you can do it for each stone in the...