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I started with running before walking, I am joking :)

Thanks for the nice discussion, we are all different and that is what is great about people

If he starts with the hardest of spectrums and can master it properly, everything else will be easy

Well my interpretation is actually not that he is a newbie shaver and want to be able to do touchups byhimself for maintenance.

"I am not ready to start honing yet, I still need to get the shaving...

You start with setting a proper bevel, if this is not done all other stones are useless. So start with buying a bevel setting stone and start to practice bevel setting.
This is usually a 1K grit...