Quote Originally Posted by zib View Post
First, You should have a good shaving edge at 8k. Once you have that, you can play around with different finisher's and pastes. I keep it pretty simple, Escher to finish, and I've playing with the South African hone. It's fun to experiment. Just like those sprays and pastes. Someone was kind enough to send me a sample of CBN 160g. I was really surprised what it did to my blade. The blade was not harsh at all, very keen, and very smooth. I'm talking about experimenting, not using each time I hone as a rule.
Thats the beauty of CBN very smooth!