I was hoping to figure this out without adding to the crazy amount of sharpening questions, but 2 books and the internet haven't quite solved everything. I'm using scary sharp and a honing guide and can get things as sharp as I want, but I want to change some things.

Here are the things I'm looking for
- no power grinder (which means no hollow ground)
- no soaking of stones
- no sandpaper
- gradually transitioning to freehand honing
- all O1 steel

I'm leaning towards adapting something like George Wilson's method (DMT and spyderco) or Larry Williams' method(DMT and oil stones), both with a strop at the end. I really want something with as little mess as possible, and to not have to worry about things going out of flat. The spyderco sound wonderful but I'm not sure if I will need an oilstone as well.

Does anyone have any advice about freehand without the hollow grind?
Can I use the DMT for grinding, or will that ruin it?
Would a Spyderco medium work for all my grinding?

If these have been answered before I apologize, I have some trouble deciding what I want to do when there is no one right answer.