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Experience, that’s a soft Washita stone.

And No, natural stones cannot be grit rated because they are natural an each may/will be different. You can grit range your stones by honing half a razor...

Repairing a Gold Dollar is repairing a Gold Dollar, it’s not honing, it’s repairing.

If you want to learn to drive, but first you have to rebuild the engine, get a car you can drive, because...

Yea, the Gold Dollar and their cousins are really more of a Straight Razor Kit. They can be made to shave, but…

You really have to learn to fix it, just so you can hone it. And in the end, I don’t...

So in your “Original” post your requested minimum.

Minimum is a Norton 4/8k… and learn to hone.

I know a guy who bevel sets on a worn Harbor Freight diamond plate and finishes on a 2- sided...

Right now all you need is the 12K

A 4/8 combo later, a combo and 12K is 160.

You don’t need a 1K yet.

Buy a 12k Super Stone and learn to maintain your razor.

Then a 4/8 combo stone if you want to hone other razors. You will not need a 1k unless you start doing major restoration work and even then...