Originally Posted by
mainaman
Here are a few steps that will work for you.
1. Bevel set. You need a low grit stone for that, usually 1k.
2. medium stone such as 3k/4k/5k
3. finishing stone 8k/10k or 12k
4. strop
Since you have a slight smile on your razor, use the magic marker trick to figure out what stroke works best to get full contact between bevel and stone. Typically rolling x-stroke works very well, but you may be fine with heel leading x-stroke.
The hone you have now is not sufficient to produce a shave ready edge. The stone looks natural to me, but it does not matter what it is , it will either set bevel, which makes it too coarse for good shaving edge, or it is too fine to set bevel without a long work on it.
From your description of your hone, looks like you will need to add a 1k, 3k, and a 10/12k. Depending on how fast your hone is , you may be able to get by without the 3k stage.