Spacex

I have a 1K Norton, Chosera, Super Stone, King, a no name 1k Diamond plate and a DMT 1200. They all do the same thing and leave very similar edge, except the diamonds that cut a bit more aggressive edge that can lead to micro chipping.

I like the diamonds for re-shaping an edge post bread-knifing for chip removal, but do not bring the bevels to meeting. I leave a bit of flat edge and do the final setting with the Chosera.

I prefer the Chosera 1K for the feel on the stone, but the performance and quality of the bevel is the same on most synthetics. The progression from the 1K to a 3, 4 or 5 K is a fine progression and really any stone in that grit range will work, then an 8-12k. The closer the progression, the less time it takes on each stone.

Really almost any stone or abrasive, from bevel setting and middle grit polishing does not matter as far as final performance; with the exception that they determine how much time you will spend on each progression to remove stria from the previous stone. We can hone a razor on anything from Natural stones, sandpaper to abrasive pastes as long as a progression is used and/or enough time. You could set a bevel with a 12K, it would take some time, but you could not properly finish on a 1K.

I recently have been using a Chosera 1K, Norton 4/8K, Super stone 12K, 1um film and strop on Chrome Oxide and CBN .50 and .125. Yup… all over the map.

If using any progression to properly set and polish a bevel and edge as smooth as possible, the only one that matters is the finisher and/or technique… the driver.