Dan wrote:

>It seems like the jump from 1000 to 8000 is pretty large, so I'm 
>thinking a stone somewhere in the middle would be beneficial. I'm 
>just not sure if which (3000 or 6000) would be better.

My take is that the 3000 is the better choice here.  I'm trying to 
remember my waterstone numbers, but iirc my finest is around 8K and 
my middle one, which I often start with if I'm just touching up is a 
3K. I'm getting old enough that I would need to check the boxes which 
are not with the stones to be completely sure.  And I'm not sure 
where those are.

FWIW
- Mark