Quote Originally Posted by dshaves View Post
For those seasoned veterans of the honing professional world, which synthetic progression would you say is your dominant go to choice if you could only use one system to handle most razor steel types out there? Which grits in that progression and maybe why if you have the time or just list them as bullet points if you want? Thank you
Look for splash and go hones unless you plan to be in the business.

Shapton Glass hones just work. Skip the 30K. If I figure how to tame it I will share.

Naniwa especially the newer ones seem to be the best bang for the buck.
The Naniwa 12K gives a darn fine shave after an 8K hone. It pairs with a Norton 4k/8k combo nicely. <-- these three
In the finer than 8K grits it gets very hard to find winners and loosers. I find my technique to be more of a factor than
the grit of the hone at 8K and finer.

Odd ball hones to hunt on sale.
Naniwa snow white 8k is fun.
Naniwa green brick at 2K is amazing and soft.

Try to stick with one vendor... grit jumps are difficult.