Help id'ing old waterstone and choosing new waterstones
Hi everyone,
I am new to straight razors and have just received a Dovo 5/8ths Best Quality razor with a strop from the Invisible Edge (UK based).
Razor works well, I've had a shave and no blood so far so all in all a great experience.
I had a question about waterstones.
Currently I have the following:
King 800
King 1200
King combination 1000/6000
King 6000
??? '10,000'
I got all of these over the years from axminster tools - I use them for sharpening wood working tools, penknives and kitchen knives (chisels/plane blades).
The '10,000' stone is on this link ( Japanese Fine & Polishing Waterstones - Japanese Waterstones - Sharpening - Hand Tools | Axminster Tools & Machinery ) but I think that it is a Kitayama 8,000 (12,000) (i.e. Kitayama 8000(12000) Grit Synthetic Whetstone Review )
I will be looking to hone my razor at some point in the future and also would like to buy some more waterstones.
Can anyone advise me on what stones / grits to buy to even out the gaps?
So far I have been looking at the following:
Naniwa Chosera 1000 (to maybe replace the King 800 and King 1200 - ie simplify the process).
Naniwa Chosera 3000 (to ease the step before the King 6000 )
Akatsuki 8,000 (as a step before the 'Kitayama' : Akatsuki®, Körnung 8000 | DICTUM GmbH - Mehr als Werkzeug )
Takenoko 8,000 (before Kitayama : Buy #8000 Grit Takenoko Polishing Stone at Japan Woodworker )
My current thinking is that the 'Kitayama' will be the last honing stone before another process (either plain stropping or once I understand it, stropping with some kind of compound before the final stage of plain stropping).
Any advice? These would be for all my sharp things.
Thanks,
island