Completely new to honing, but wanting to get into working on some vintage razors. I am fairly new to straight razor shaving, but have been getting some great shaves and am using a honed SRD Ralf Aust with great results. I know what it feels like and how to use a shave ready razor and recently picked up some vintage razors for cheap on eBay that are actually really good condition overall (clean Boker and Dovo). So, I am looking to add some hones to the collection ...
So my question is what would you guys recommend as a good economical startup set? My initial thoughts are the Norton 220/1000, 4000/8000 set (SRD carries at what looks like a good price) and maybe a Naniwa SS 12k? Any better suggestions for a newbie or better deals? I definitely want to play we at least one of these eBay razors to set a bevel and take up to shave ready, but I also want a good finishing set up to keep my Ralf Aust up to speed once Stropping with spray doesn't seem to work as well anymore.