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John, do you mean that you use one stone to 'set the bevel' and once you're done, just strop for a while and you're happy? That does sound simple.
If so, which is your magic stone? I'm way early in...

I thought the edges of our razors are sharper than scalpels, but I'm not a surgeon :)
As far as stropping pastes go a polishing paste for spectacles should be equivalent to over 30 000 grit cutting...