What is your honing regimen?

[professorchaos]

Those are both good shavers, but I think the Santiago is something special.

 

[mainaman]

Here is mine.

If I have many razors to hone:
Norton 1k for bevel set
1k Chosera
3k Chosera
5k Super Stone
10 Super Stone
12k Super Stone (close to 10k but what the heck why not)

One of the following
Nakayama Habutae
Ozuku Namito
Ozuko tomae
Nakayama Asagi.

Strop

If I have time to play around

1k Norton for bevel
1k chosera
3k chosera
Yaginoshima suita
Ozuko Asagi
Mejiro Nagura
Koma nagura
Shinden Sunashi suita

One of the following
Nakayama Habutae
Ozuku Namito
Ozuko tomae
Nakayama Asagi.

More cool Jnats are on the way to play with too.

 

[kfralin]

As you can see, there are unlimited combinations that will work. If you are looking for simple and effective without sinking a ton a money into exotic stones:
Norton 4K/8K...you can set bevel with 4K, however more agressive stone would save time

4K side to set bevel, take time and insure bevel is even
4K side until cutting arm hair, entire length of blade
8K side until a shaving edge is attained (many tests to determine)
12K Chinese w/slurry for 50-100 passes
12K Chinese w/o slurry for another 50-100
Strop of Linen
Strop of Leather

A cheap pasted balsa wood strop could be substituted for 12K, but they are cheap enough if you prefer natural stone

I think that using the Pyramid method is easiest way to achieve a decent result without having to repeat grits multiple times if you are just starting out. Added in higher quality finishing stones or faster working honing stones is certainly an option but not a requirement if you just want to achieve an edge that will provide a quality shave and not require constant "touch-ups"

 

[Disburden]

A good guide for the norton is this:
4k can shave arm hair well
8k should shave arm hair silently, hair just falls away.

If not then I would work more on the one you need the most, usually it's the 4K.