Do I Raise a Burr With Each Stone in Progression

There are more ways to sharpen the knife. Most common is to raise a burr.
This is a sign we came down to the apex.
So, if you are using this approach and you don't get a burr with the next stone, how do you know you reached the apex?
 
I use a Kme diamond kit. I get a good burr with the 140 grit, then smaller and smaller burrs with the 300, 600, and 1500 grit. Then strop with 9 micron Gunny Juice. I like the finished edge.
 
I do not. I raise a burr with my coursest stone only. Then deburr with it. Then do edge leading strokes on my next finest stone, essentially using the next couple stones only minimizing the burr/deburring. This also fines out the scratch pattern but I'm not really worried about that. I can shave with it off the coarse stone so I'm really just focused on deburring. Usually after this and then stropping to finish deburring, I have no burr and can cut hanging hairs. I personally see no benefit from continuing to raise a burr with each stone. I'm already apexed after the first burr. But I'd rather be 100% sure that burrs actually gone. Very annoying to not get deburred, and have an edge completely fail by a burr folding over and I'm at work and can't sharpen it.
 
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