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By boldness I asume you mean the grit. That it was stated to be around 12k or HStanley reporting that nat abrasive tops out at such a low figure. One of those perhaps.

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[QUOTE=Kingfish;557693]My last word on this just to restate, microbevels were not even the main point of the post. Very few people can create a perfectly flat bevel on a flat hone even if they wanted...

:OTIt depends; so the answer is sometimes yes sometimes no. Most of the time an 8k edge is all one needs. Sometimes even a 5 or 1k is enough.

If you use the natural surface of the wood without...

I think they could be called teeth but not as typically described as a direct result of scratches continuing to the edge

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be sure to continue on to part 2.

strop and see if its gone. Those continuous, sometimes less so, streaks of light at the extreme edge I have assumed to be a bur. my scope is likely not near as good as yours. I figure the light I am...

I may not be following exactly so please correct if inaccurate. If you removed the tape, returned to the natural with slurry and shaved. The harshness might have come from the slightly elevated edge...