My current collection of hones.
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Razorfeld
To reply to doorsch the answer is one word, Challenge. Yes, I can get a 10, 12, 16, 20 or even a 30k stone and 'finish' my edges but I have learned nothing along the way in terms of really understanding what goes into getting to that stage. I'm not struggling to get there, I'm enjoying the fact of learning something new from the ground up. If there was an easy way out for everything we would all be millionaires with a large staff to do it for us.
Again not agreed, every move on any stone is something your learning from...it just depends on how much time you spend to learn...this has nothing to do with the kind of stone you use...
It sounds like learning with a 8k stone is the holy grail of honing and everything beyond on higher grits is not relevant or not a way which should be proceeded...
if you are comfortable with a 4/8k combination ....proceed that way its ok. For me personally i would miss a lot just staying there...and that doesnt mean that i did not learnt using a 8k as a finishing stage...but i do not like a shave that way in comparison as it comes of on some finishers i own...
And we all know that the most relevant part is setting the bevel on the stone < 1k
My current collection of hones.
...nothing more useful to add here for me into this discussion :-)