I have an 8K norton waterstone, and a couple of straight razors. One is a very nice stainless Dovo from classicshaving.com, and the other is a $10 ebay special (high carbon). I picked it up to practice honing so that I don't mess up the Dovo.

I've read over the posts here, and they all refer to the 4K/8K stone, which I don't have (the 8K was a gift along with the Dovo). I assume I can just use the 8K, but it will take longer, correct? I'd rather not have to pick up another stone, and am willing to wait for the edge to develop more slowly. Hopefully that will also prevent me from over-honing.

Also, I've tried to hone the high-carbon one, but had almost no results. I think I'm not honing enough. I saw a post saying that the person expected to perform 100 passes or so on the 4K, then move up to the 8K. I recall that when I first tried to hone my razor, I only did about 20-30, since I thought that it would hone quickly due to it's thinness. But I guess that it takes (much) longer being 8K.

After the honing, I have my strop ready to go. I'm looking forward to putting my shavette into the travel bag, and using the Dovo on a regular basis.