Hello all,

This is my first post. I've been honing and shaving successfully a while now, mostly because of the helpful info I've found here. Thank you to the community!

I've got a strange mix of hones: a DMT 600, a Norton 1000/6000, a Frictionite 00, a yellow coticule I was lucky to find in an old family toolbox, and a Spyderco UF I bought after reviewing Tim Zawada's WIKI entry on edges produced by different hones.

I've been experimenting with pyramids between these stones, and sometimes lose ground where I thought I should gain, especially when I go from the coticule to the Spyderco.

Are there hones or hone types you should not mix in the same session? Does this differ between carbon and stainless blades?

Should I just quit messing around and get a Norton 4000/8000?

Many thanks.