Thread: Basic Touch-Up setup - Please validate my choices!

That's the generally recommended stuff and what I have. The one piece of advice I'd give you is to bookmark Lynn's videos on this and other honing topics. I am new at honing and/or touching up and find it very helpful to re-watch them as well as Glen's (Gssixgun) just before going to the stones. Somehow it isn't quite as easy as it looks on video (at least for me). I think one thing to note is that you need to catch an edge and refresh it either on paste/sprays or the 12k before you lose the bevel or the edge gets too out of whack in some other way. A lighted loupe on other lens of moderate strength (30-40x) is something I'd add if you don't have one. They're on Amazon for less than $5.

As a last thought, be sure to break in the DMT when you get it before using it to lap you 12k. The way to do that is to run the shaft of a screwdriver or the back of a straight kitchen knife up and down the DMT to knock down any high diamond particles that may be sticking up and scratch your 12k.