Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
Well, seeing as how you are a greenhorn at this my suggestion is to not worry about what comes after the 8K and just get into the mindset that the 8K is the final hone and best hone in the world. Once you've managed to extract every bit of keeness out of it and thoroughly mastered it then start to think about the coticule or a 12K hone.

Most will tell you that the 8K is really all you ever need anyway. Of course most of us go further but you should be able to get an excellent shave out of any razor honed on the 8K. It also goes without saying that you should master the 4K in similar fashion before worrying about the 1K.
Being a beginner like Dennis, I read this post with interest (and a bit of I-read-that-in-other-posts-too familiarity) until I got to the end ... I thought a 1k wold be too coarse for a razor, except an e-Bay special with significant damage??