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Get a shapton 1000 grit ceramic whetstone, they're excellent and not terribly expensive.
Those 4 sided ones are neat and all, but a decent stone will give you a better edge especially if you combine it with stropping.
I hate to suggest r*ddit, but r/sharpening was pretty good
Get a honing steel if you don't already have one to help maintain the edge as you use the blade too, I keep one in the kitchen.
YouTube would probably be another place with good sharpening tutorials but you really just need a stone or two, an old leather belt to use as a strop, some stropping paste, and a honing steel. Shouldn't cost more than $50-60 total.
The stones eventually wear down of course, but they'll last a good while and you can flatten them when they start to dish.
Also, I specifically made this post to avoid searching reddit, haha!
I wonder if there's a sharpening community on Lemmy or magazine on Mbin/Kbin....
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world, there's !pocketknife@lemmy.world (aka https://lemmy.world/c/pocketknife). It's not super duper active, but some of the regulars there might have whetstone recommendations for you.
If you find one, please share a link under this post.
I do have a honing steel! I'd be glad to use one stone with two sides instead of those stacks. How do I know if a stropping paste is good? A certain ingredient? A brand?
I've never really given that any thought lol, I couldn't even tell you the brand I have, I just looked up "stropping paste". It's some green stuff that came in a white capsule.