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I like a couple of extra strokes on the 8k for good measure.

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
If it effortlessly pops the hair with every part of the blade (heel, middle, toe) without pulling or tugging, give it a few...

I'd prefer if I didn't...
-Why don't you go straight buddy? You'll look like me, look at the clean shave!
-Yeah, but what about these scars? :eek:

I didn't listen to that advice originally and I've got the scars to prove it. :cen

You may want to check other threads here or in the honing/stropping forum. There was a similar thread recently. After that, read through the help files.