SO. at the ends, before I start saving my pennies in a piggy bank to save up the 300$ this SG 20k, just have a final question...
is this still the best synthetic stone in the market?

notice I said synthetic to rule out the controversy form the naturasl, I'm absolutely sure that there are many better naturals ..but in this stage of my early learning and development of honing, I'm not yet ready to deal with all the variables of naturals, so i'm willing to sacrifice some of the 5% difference of the ultimate edge from naturals for having consistency at the reach of my non honemeister (actually newbie honer) hands...

so, synthetics, is this the best one i can get?

thanks!

Gabe