Excuse me for opening this thread. I know most of you will find it boring and will advise me to read the hones’ section of the forum. Believe me I read hundreds of posts regarding the finishing stones but the more I read the more I get confused.

I am into razor honing for about 6-8 months. So I am a newbie. I have a Norton 220/1000 comb, a Norton 4000/8000 comb, some low grit naturals and the Chinese finishing stone.
I can say that I am satisfied with my Chinese stone, but at this point I am thinking of buying my second finishing stone.

 Could you please suggest a finishing stone which in your opinion is better from the Chinese, and could be considered as the next step?

 Please do not suggest very expensive stones, or stones hard to find in the market.
Thank you in advanced.