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I generally don't take my sheffields to a very high grit. The sheffields are soft enough that the aggressive lower-grit shaptons leave deep gouges in the steel that take the arkansas forever to get...

Just because I sold my norton and coticule doesn't mean I've left the reservation completely :) . For my vintage sheffields I use a 4k Shapton/tam o'shanter/pink translucent/boron carbide...