Tonight I touched up my TI SRP LE and finished it on the 16k S GS. After a few laps (5-10) I could feel the difference on the hone and through a loop (30x) I could see a great polish/finish. So off to the strop and shave time.

I know others that swear by these stones and their finish... but I'm aftraid I'm not one of them, very rough shave compared to my coti and oohira stones.

Ether I'm missing something about this stone (S GS 16k) or it just doesn't like me. The last time I used the stone I polished it with the flattened S GS 3k to get all the scratches out from the DMT 325. Ver smooth finish and no light under the straight ruler. So I'm reasonably sure it's not a bad surface, to my knoweledge so far. I know the 30k is extreamly finiky but I haven't heard much about the 16k having this kind of issue.

From those that use the 16k S GS could you tell me how you use the stone to get great finished edges... I fear stone has just about out lived it's usefullness unless I learn a new trick or two in it's use.