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Glen, of course I have the Norton series and I do like them and return to them from time to time. As far as using the 1 hone method on an 8k I will leave that to more patient honers than me. :)
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Yes but the coticule is sort of an exception in that I don't know of another natural .... or synthetic single hone that can be used in the manner that a coticule can. What Glen said about there being...

Yes, the way I was taught and have continued is with a progression of grits. If a honer was to jump from a 1k to an 8k without a 4k or whatever in between he would be a long time on that 8k to get an...