Thanks everyone.

To answer some questions: I was aking mainly in case there's a hone I'm not familiar with (like the Chinese 12k) that would come up. That said, even with people mentioning the 12k, consensus still seems to be going towards a Belgian combo.

As for keeping the stones I have, I have a 4x2 blue stone and a small bout. Certainly they do the job, but so long as I'm downsizing, I can trade everything in and get a stone with a bigger working surface. (and by "trade in" I mean "post on the classifieds")

And I tried pastes once and paste kept getting everywhere and I think I'm just a little too OCD to handle that. (Yes, I probably overpasted, but my impression is still soured, even if it's my fault).