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Should be fine if you're doing all that. I sharpened mine yesterday, and checked on microscope, despite vg10 edge being bit chipped and jaggedy at micro scale and in no way fully uniform its bloody sharp. Won't pop hairs, but will is and will remain sharp for months at normal use.
If based near bristol, welcome to use scope to check it out?
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My guess was indeed wire (burr) edge, hence the question about not being able to feel burrs. I wonder if the answer is to buy a 60x loupe but that feels a bit excessive if everyone else just puts their fingers on the edge. I don't scrape the edge when chopping; after sharpening I try to remove the burr with the edge-leading strokes (and also the progression to the 6k/stropping after) but because I can't feel the burr I have no idea how effective (or not) those things are.. I've heard dragging through cork isn't great because you're just ripping the wire edge off rather than abrading it which then damages the rest of your apex.