You know WW,

For an old dude you and I think alike when it comes to honing. Rarely any magnification unless something is very wrong.

I also only use the TPT and when satisfied I double check with a quick HHT. I've calibrated my girlfriends hair and there is never any shortage.

Thanks for sharing in this thread. It's nice to know I'm not alone in a time when magnification is everything. Every other piece of advice is did you check the scratch pattern in your loupe? Haha no... I didn't... I shave with an edge not scratch patterns

A good sesh with the strop is a beautiful thing. Can do wonders to the edge, it mystifies me also.