>>656023you are gonna need 3 things.
#1 Something to grind / sharpen. This is for when you are working with a totally dull piece of metal and need to remove relatively large amount of metal. (false edges, chips, re-profiling, major edge rolls)
#2 Something to hone / finer sharpening. This is when your knife is sharp but could be sharper, removes a minimal amount of metal.
#3 Something to strop / blade realign. This doesn't remove any metal. It just bends the very very tip of the edge straight.
If you want a knife so sharp you can dry shave your face with it you need #3. If you just want to do simple utility tasks #2 is fine, no need to go further if you don't want to.
