Quote Originally Posted by jigane View Post
Many people seem (or is it seems) to like the naniwa 12k but its regarded as soft and fast wearing/dishing, its a known quality stone though, known to produce a repeatable, good result.
I'm not sure who regards it in that manner, but I consider it to be quite sufficiently hard enough for razors and I certainly do not consider it to be fast wearing at all. The minimal refreshing that it requires it has been quite sufficient to keep it flat without any dishing at all.