Clarify it a tad more , you can get a mirror finish on you edge with a 5000 stone , what one wants stepping up in grits is refinement in the finish . That is if your always trying to best yourself and the work you try achieve at days end .
Mindyou steel quallity plays a big role here also.
Have some elcheapo bait knives that i can sharpen one day and come back a week later without having touched the knife and the Apex of the blade feels dull as if it hadnt been sharpened ??..
maybe the Missus gets out while i am unaware and trying to mess with my Brain lol..