I've got the cushion, gem and lithide barber hones that I use after the 6000, plus handamerican honing pad's with 3, 1.8, 1.0, and 0.5 paste. I just got to start using the 3 and 1 mic diamond pastes, not sure how much I like them yet. The stropping/ honing surface draws so much I can hardly draw the razor down the strop, it sometimes even separates the pad from the bases magnet. The 1.8 and 0.5 glide really smooth and feel more like they're polishing than the diamond pastes.