Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
Where I differ a bit from the conventional way of thinking is that I tend to think you can keep making the edge finer (sharper) as you move up the grits. I definitely do not subscribe to the idea that what you have after the 1 or 4K hone is the best you'll get in terms of how closely you can make those sides meet. As long as you are abrading, no matter how slowly, you are moving those sides closer together. It might be negligible in comparison to what happens off a low grit hone, but it is happening.

So as a philosophical thing I do not tend to make a distinction between sharp and smooth, because to me going for sharp does not end once you go higher than a 4K hone.

James.
+1 My thoughts exactly!!