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Technically the answer is no, BUT.... ;)

Many people use pastes as a finisher, many use stones only, and many use both in conjunction with each other. Unfortunately, as you pointed out already,...

I forgot to mention that you will want to increase your stropping laps as well. Most of us do (on average) 20-40 laps on the material side and at least 60 laps on leather....

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Getting a straight razor as sharp as a Feather blade is, IMO, not very realistic. The two are very different, so it's like comparing apples to oranges. Your 6k stone is likely...