Welcome, Joel. I've ordered several things from you and really enjoy drooling over your catalog.

Many of us use natural finishing stones in the 10k range give or take a few thousands; Coticules and Thuringians to name a few.

A hot stone for an increasing number of us (myself included) is the 16K Shapton Ceramic on Glass for about $100. That stone gives us edges keener than most of us would ever want them, without sacrificing shaving comfort (not sharp for the sake of simply being sharp).

Me lead in is not intended to preemptively shoot down the Chosera 10k. I'm a rabid honing stone fan of all types. Can you explain to us how a 10K rated stone may meet or even exceed performance of a Shapton 16K for example? Does the Chosera 10K slurry start at 10K and break down during the honing process to a finer grit? And if so, any ideas of where it ends up?

Your promise of customer service is very refreshing and great to hear as well. Other vendors with direct ties to SRP have given us such great service that we're lucky to have them around. We appreciate that type of thing and tend to be very loyal!

Chris L