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Sorry, none of mine are paperweights, but I do have several loaners floating around. I suppose it was a little harsh to call it a paperweight. It was only within the context of being considered...

No. The jump between 8k and 12k needs nothing between them. The Naniwa 12k is a fast hone that will finish off an 8k edge in 10-15 strokes, so any intermediate hone is unnecessary.

In addition,...

I was not thrilled with the King 1k, but it works fine. Unless you are planning on doing a lot of honing, I would not bother swapping out the King. It gets the job done.

Now, the important...

Exactly right. Barber hones are made with relatively large grit that has been burnished smooth. Lapping them completely ruins that surface and exposes all those large pieces of grit. This is the...

Yes, Yes, YES!

Some of us enjoy playing with a lot of toys, but that does not mean that everyone using a straight needs to invest in many hones. One or two hones really is ALL that is needed.

For the five years before I found SRP, I honed my razors with nothing but a Swaty and a Carborundum 102. I didn't know what I was doing but because I had a stereomicroscope I could see what I was...