Just recently sharpened my friends Wusthofs (which went 2 years without any sharpening job) and I started with a 220 Shapton Pro and then Chosera 600. Seemed like a good stopping point, but went on to Bester 1200 to clean up/minimize any burr, and then I dropped back down to the 600 to add more aggressiveness.
Another buddy of mine had this old carbon pocket knife that I messed around with, and after trying a few different ways, I found my worn DMT C(325) to be the best stopping point to strop/finish on.
Wow, that's a bit surprising. Even cheapo carbon steel takes a pretty decent edge IME(which is limited..."cheapo" and "carbon steel" are somehow disparate concepts these days).
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