How many times has the N 4k -8k combo stone been recommended as the best primary stone for beginners or anyone else for that matter? I am proving that recommendation to be correct as we speak.

I'm packing up my essential belongings for a move to an apartment and selling the rest of my stuff through an auction house. All my stones [50 or so] are packed up for the move with the exception of 1 stone. The Norton 4k/8k. That way, on moving day I need to throw only one stone into my kit and I'm outta here.

Keeping one stone aside for weekly use was an easy choice. I simply chose the most versatile stone I have. Of course I could have chosen the Coticule but I'll save that choice for the next time I move. At this stage of the game, I just preferred the 4k/8k.

Which of your stones would you have chosen in my situation?