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Yes you can do less strokes with lower grits and more strokes with higher and if your just interested in removing metal your right but the degree of finess to the edge will not be the same. No...

Use a 12K. You will get a lot of hone wear especially on the convex or side without the writing because of the way the blade is. That high point on the blade will take the full brunt of the honing.
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