Want to know if my current set-up is up to par

You mark the half way point on the blade, so that you can only hone the top half of the razor with the 12k. As you hone, just keep the marker line, on the edge of the stone as a guide. Then compare the stria on both halves. If both stones are in fact 12k or the same grit, the stria should look the identical.

If the stria on one half is finer than the other, then they are not the same grit, and you will know now know, which one should be used first in progression.

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Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

I was actually thinking the same thing that I don't need to 2k and to send it back.

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Again?
Have you used it, or any of the other hones? That really is the only way to properly assess them.

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Originally Posted by Utopian

Again?
Have you used it, or any of the other hones? That really is the only way to properly assess them.

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Lol yeah I have sent back all the pro series stones and kept the kuromaku series... Me being only 30 days into sharpening and everything I really don't know how to asses them myself. I've been getting a lot of help on these threads great community. i got family out in faribult mn, I love it over there.

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

For me the only odd man out in that progression is the 2K, but it's not too odd I suppose. Generally I have excellent results working from 1K to 4K to 8K and then onto the higher grit stones. The 400 Atoma is good. I'd also recommend the 1200 Atoma too - I find it useful for many many things.

James.

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I don't recall ever disagreeing with you on anything before but this one will not stand!

I don't consider the 2k to be the odd man out. The 2k is the best hone for removing the scratches of the 1k, given that even the grit of the 2k hone is already half the size of the grit of the 1k hone.

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Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

I originally bought all my stone with the intention to only sharpen knives but when I started getting into it I started looking into other things to sharpen. That's when I bought and used a straight razor and fell in love... Do you think that the Kitayama is more of a knife hone than a razor hone? So maybe I should add a shapton 8k to the line up?

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The Kitayama is a good 8K hone that can be used on straight razors. No modern hone is made for straight razors.
Mike