Hi again, so i’ve played around a bit more this evening with my Wicked Edge again basically with the same results. I’m still not getting the hair splitting sharpness i had hoped. I did go through starting at 400 grit, with a burr on both sides, and work my way up from there. My results at each grit seem to be sharp before moving to the next stones. For some reason, it would appear that the higher grit stones i use, the less sharp my edge is. I know that a toothy edge feels sticky and i can achieve that up to about 600-800 grit. But when i use the ceramics and strops i seem to lose my edge instead of obtaining the really fine sharp edge. I did strop tonight at 2 degree higher angle than where i sharpened, unfortunately with minor improvements. Do you guys use the angle cubes? I was looking at those tonight on amazon and was curious as to how beneficial it would be to have one? I’m moderately frustrated and could use some help. Thanks again everyone. I appreciate your patience and knowledge sharing. hvychev77