Help me add to what I have?

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

So I'm getting http://www.chefknivestogo.com/knshcoset.html for Christmas... Beston 500 Bester 1200 Suehiro Rika 5k. Would an Imanishi 10k help fill out the set or should I look at an 8k then the 10k or skip the 10k and go to 12k?

ETA: Meant to put this in honing... :[

 

[Kentos]

Hard to say, but you are buying a set more suited to knife sharpening. A usual synthetic progression for razors start at 1000 grit.

i.e. 1-4-8-12 Naniwa or a 4-8 Norton. The exact progression is up to you though, and it is entirely possible the set up you mention would work. I haven't heard of anyone using those stone for razors either, but again it doesn't mean they won't work.

If anything a 10k or 12k might round out the set, but YMMV

 

[gash]

I'd add some 0.5-micron chromium oxide paste, or something similar. You rub it on a 3-inch-wide balsa board, and when it dries, strop on the balsa. Then, you strop on leather. At that point, you're ready to shave a gnat's ears.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

Turned out I got Shapton stones from Santa. The 1k, 4k, a 140 Diamond plate a stone holder and a 10x loupe.

I've got a poor mans strop kit coming from Whipped Dog so I'll have the balsa strops and CrOX etc. I'm looking forward to the next two weeks mail.