Tony - Sorry, just to clarify...i meant the yellow coticule would be a good finishing stone to use between the norton and the strop. Lynn has a great DVD which demostrates his pyramid method on the norton, followed by 20 laps on the coticule to achieve a very sharp edge. There is really a lot of experimentation out there, but the norton is really all you need.

I'm sure others will chime in here, but most will concur that the norton is a great stone all-in-one for starting out and working on your technique.