My Shapton Kuromaku stones. I like them, there's absolutely nothing wrong with them. I just like my Norton hones better. And I rarely use those. Natural stones are just more fun to hone on. Synthetic stones are wrote repetition and rather boring. Naturals I have a slew of slurry options and can go a number of ways.

I use my 1K hones for bevel setting, then whether it's a razor or tool it's off to the natural stones. Unless the blade really needs some heavy lifting. Then it's a natural and Naniwa 800 grit slurry for bevel set. Partly for amusement, partly because 800 grit slurry is faster than a 1K stone.