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I likewise get by with 5 to 10 laps on a barber hone whenever the strop stops bringing the edge back, more than 10 laps on a Swaty or Apart are rarely needed. For me that's anywhere from 20 to 60...

I use somewhat coarser (lapped) barber hone(s) to maintain all of mine. You should be fine almost forever; unless, like you mentioned, the edge gets accidentally damaged.

The Chinese 12k is so...