So I'm new to straights, and honing straights. I watch these vids on honing and read the threads here, and wonder what on earth you're all talking about.

I understand what honing is, and what the process entails.

What I don't know is how a 1k grit stone compares to a 12k japanese stone, and how either compares to my generic Rough/Fine knife/tool sharpening whetstone which is something like 250 grit sandpaper on one side and 500 on the other. Meanwhile the barber's hone I picked up (seen here http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...id-w-pics.html ) is so smooth I'd liken it to polished granite, or maybe polished concrete. Maybe the stones follow the same specs as sand paper...I just don't know.

Thanks for the education.