I usually start with a coarser stone than I probably need, but it gets the job done quickly.
I will second that.
I would add : get the stop collar if your set does not come with it. Then you only have to do the sharpy once maybe twice for one knife sharpening. If you don't use the stop collar then one has to use the sharpy on every stone change.
Proabably worth biting the bullet and getting the small knife adapter. I keep telling my self that is exactly the sort of thing I can make and so should just make one but I never take the time to make one. Not enough time off these days to do all the things I used to enjoy in my work shop.
Flatten the stones on a diamond plate / forget the glass plate that's BS.
If you sharpen the super hard steels go for Shapton stones for the Edge Pro; that is what I ordered with mine from the git go. Diamond for reprofiling; I still need to get those.
Keep the stones well rinsed; I take them to the sink under the faucet (I have never used the squirt bottle in the kit). When reprofiling on a wide(ish) bevel I will rinse after doing just one side or even DURING one side. When ever the stone gets pretty blacked up.
For the fine stone, around 4000 and finer, I recommend getting and using a
Nagura stone to clean the surface of the Edge Pro stones. Use it like an eraser to get the black off the stone but use it wet. Not all Naguras are created equal; I suggest tracking down a "natural" one rather than man made. Getting rare and are twice the price I paid for mine a decade ago but they last and WORK WELL ! Forget making "slurry" with the Nagura just use it to clean the fine stones then wash off all the muck rubbing with your fingers to help clean it all off.
Here is mine; I have others but this is the real deal. Yes you can use cleanser but then you have to rub it in with something and that something is going to get in the pores of the stone. Nah I prefer the Nagura.
