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IME with norton 4/8 you don't have to do it every time. Only when you've honed enough to begin dishing. With every other synthetic hone I've used I have to start with lapping if I'm going to have a...

Draw a pencil grid on the hone, kind of like when you were a kid and played tic-tac-toe. Take a 325 grit 8x3" diamond plate, like the DMT D8C, or Atoma 400 (better but more $) and under the tap, or...

I'd say skip the 10k and go with the 12k naniwa superstone, or whatever they named it this year. As Dylan said, get good shaves at the 8k level or you may be moving to the 12k prematurely.

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