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The question (as I understood it) was not "is THE bevel setter more important than THE finisher". The question was: is it more important to have MORE bevel setters than it's important to have MORE...

Eh... (first off, we're assuming everything is done properly)

it is the variation against the face. it is that you can get distinctly different effects with different finishing stones on...

How so? You grind away until the edges of the bevel meet. You do it as fast as possible balanced by how long it takes to polish away the deep cut scratches. Is there more to it?

Here, try this :roflmao

As a premier SRP honemeister, master razor restorer, SRP moderator, SRP newbie mentor and all around looked up to guy, you should see it as your OBLIGATION to have and use...

Glen, If you want to get another bevel setter YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION. (there, that should be all the justification you need) :rofl2:

The bevel setter is a ROUGH cut. You can whack most ANY blade...

You referred to acquiring "more" stones. In that context the higher grit stones would be more important.

You can get a single (ok, maybe two) coarse stone for setting bevels. It's going to work...