My latest get it really sharp measure was stropping with .25 micron diamond paste on the paddle strop followed by 30-50 strokes on the leather strop.

2 out of 3 of my razors now have fine microchipping on the edges. They are certainly the sharpest that they have ever been but I've lost that nice smooth edge.

What I'm wondering at this point is the cause. Did I tear out the edge with the .25 or did it simply bring out an underlying problem with my edge?
Or is it possible that a wapi can't hold an edge this fine and I should back down to the .5 micron paper?

I am going to drop back down to my 8k hone this evening and clean up the edge and start again and see if I can figure out what happened by observation.

I would certainly appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks,
Bob