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The only way you will know if you have taken a blade to it's limits is to re-hone it or tweak it and see if you can make it better. There is no magic here although the quest for the perfect edge...

This really is a great point. I can't ever remember changing out one of these stones and a couple others to suit a particular razor.

When I need to count on a razor being shave ready, I will use the circle method and this hits virtually every time with the fewest of exceptions. For the most part, I start with a 1K for bevel...