Hi there,
I need to ask you guys something. I recently bought a Norton Water Stone 220/1000, a 4000/8000, a Norton Flattening Stone and a Norton Prep Stone for Water Stone.
I want to know if I need to do anything with then before using. Is there any special preparation procedure?
How do I use this Prep Stone and in which stone should I use it?
Just one more thing, I still have no strop and I want to buy my first one. I would appreciate if you guys could recomend any. Considering I'm a brazilian it's kinda expensive so I want to buy a good one that I can use for a long time.

Thanks.
Alexandre Kerger