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When I first started, yes, I bought the Norton 4K/8k. Largely that's what the YouTube video guys tell beginners to get. Fair enough. It is an inexpensive beginners hone. My first purchase was the...

True. The bevel is set at the 1k and should not be left till it is set. Everything else is polishing and striation removal.

So much of this is personal preference. As others said, the 1k 4K jump is doable. The secret, not so secret, trick is to get all the previous stone's striation pattern out. That's what makes for a...

When I started this hobby I did about two months of research before buying any stones. I decided on the Shapton Glass series. I eventually bought the 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 30k. These serve as the...