Thanks everyone..I do believe that I may have been a bit too acute, as EvilTwin noted, and may have had to remove more steel than necessary and never getting to a burr, but rather a jagged edge. This forum is going to be a great tool if just a few guys are willing to step up as I saw here. I was also not aware that the break in for these stones was as extensive as tcmeyer stated. That is a bit discouraging, but I hope the broken in stones will be fine performers for some time after break in. Thanks again for your help.