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In my opinion, your beard type doesn't matter, your shaving technique does. Early on, however, you may find that a half hollow or heavier razor makes things easier - this is because they don't flex...

For maintaining a razor, I think the 12k (or some other finisher) is a good idea. But when you start honing up razors on your own, I would not bother using anything past 8k until you can get great...