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It is totally going to depend on how careful you are. Honestly, if you kill the edge for safety, clean it up and then hit the hones you will not likely have to make many laps on a 1K or 3K hone to...

Pretty much anything that will clean that has a very high likelihood of killing your edge. I like 0000steelwool and WD-40 and then with polish. You might try just the polish to start and step it up...