Hi,

I plan to just purchase a single stone to maintain an edge ( I do not like to buy lots of stuff, weird, I know). I have successfully maintained the edge with a strop and balsa with green chrom. oxide, but would like to get a stone instead.

I want a stone that does not require lapping. I am considering a barbers hone, but do not like that they are not consistent from hone to hone, so I won't know exactly what I am getting. I was also looking at the spyderco UF. Price is of no object, so any suggestions are appreciated. From reading online, it seems like all the natural stones require lapping, so maybe I should go synthetic?