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Cool choice. Shaptons are a bit too rich for my blood at this point though.
Next headache...learning to hone ;)

A coticule would be more versatile in my opinion. They come with slurry stones and, like I mentioned earlier, you could use varying amounts of slurry to get faster cutting speeds. A heavy slurry is...

Lynn recommends only 4-7 strokes on chromium oxide. I've never used it myself, I have a nani 12K that I use to refresh (although some use both). Here's Lynn's vid for a bunch of refreshing methods ...

A wire edge is an edge that is too thin and fails, usually from overhoning or overuse of pastes. Slurry will help you to "lower" the "grit" of a stone. I say "lower" because it doesn't actually lower...

You wouldn't really save money by skipping steps like that, especially when learning to hone. You'd end up with something that wouldn't really get the job done (depending on what job you're trying to...