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Personally I have and will continue to maintain that until you can get a CCC shave (Clean-Close-Comfortable) shave off of an 8K hone your pouring money down a rat hole by buying a finer grit hone.
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Maybe this will help a bit.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honing/103645-honing-look-before-you-leap.html

With all due respect to everyone who has chimed in on the OP's question. I've used the Wet and Dry Sandpaper and while it will work, the DMT is a better tool and one that will be working for years to...

The Naniwa is a good choice. As far as flattening it goes, buy the DMT 325 (coarse) also spend the extra $18 ea. and get two of the universal stone holder. Straight Razor Design has both at a very...