Gentleman (and ladies of course), I will be in the market soon for a final finishing stone, so I thought I'd start a discussion of two local favorites. I'm thinking mainly of performance and final edge produced, not necessarily of price.

So,

In the red trunks.... the newcomer to SRP and a new crowd favorite... the much recently lauded Naniwa 12k!

And it's opponent.... in the white trunks, with a solid SRP following and a solid track record... the Shapton "sweet" 16k!

Ding Ding..........