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Stay away from sprays too until you can 'comfortably' shave with the 8k stropped on plain leather, that way you'll know what you're doing with the hone, not the sprays. The sprays...

Yeah, there's a lot of stria and edge damage. Are you sure the bevel is fully set?? It should shave arm hair anywhere along the bevel before commencing. Pics 2 and 3 the bevel doesn't look set and is...

5$ says there's an accidental d%$& pic headed our way...:rofl2:

also: your last hone bevel BEFORE sprays and strops is crucial for next time. Lets see what it looks like off the 12k. Happy honing.

1k to 4k is a big jump. You need to spend more time on the 4k, after a couple super light passes when you think your done on the 1k- those scratches you see are 1k artifacts. Deep buggers the 1k...