The 4/8 Norton is the stone all others are compared to.
I shaved off 1 for a year before I moved on. Passed right by the crox and went to 12k Nani and smoothed that out with a Zulu.
I know a lot of you love to play with rocks but for me honing is something you do to get to the fun. Would you buy a drill that makes holes 1/3 as fast because it's pretty and fun ? They are tools :<0)