How do you know you are done with the UF SM stones?

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I bought a SM a yr ago and got the UF stones with it. I have really been practicing and trying to just get the feel of it but How do you know when you are done with a grit? I will get it to what I think is sharp and then a few hours later I will go back and hit it with the UF's again thinking I can get it sharper. Now my level of what I think is sharp is it will cut PB paper really clean and shave arm/leg hair. Then I will go and see somebody say they can whittle hair with nothing more than putting it on a UF SM stone and I am off to the bench again. I am OCD and this is getting frustrating to where I am thinking of just getting one of those DMT aligner systems.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
Get a loupe and use strong light to look at your bevel. Check for an even scratch pattern that reaches the apex the entire length of the blade.
 
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