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I think you are correct but the difficulty is knowing beforehand which steels would be damaged. Better to play it safe if you can.

It is a mistake to use the 2k sandpaper as a substiitute for the 4k stone. The reason why is that the 8K stone is to fine to remove the rounding unless you have far more patience than me. Been there,...

The hard white Akansas is not very fine and would probaly be a step backwards from the 1K. However it is worth a shot.
As I answered in your other post I think you should use the 1k followed by the...

One consideration not mentioned here is to pay attention to the thickness of the sandpaper. The backing on sandpaper can vary in thickness. Thick sandpaper = more give = rounding of the edge/bevel....