Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
As has been said personal preferences will differ. IME an Escher or Thuringan is a superior finisher to a coticule. For sharpening to the finishing stage I'll take the coticule.

I am glad that I didn't read that business about not following a coticule with a Thuringan before I had already done so many times with great results. YMMV.

A naniwa 12k is a great finisher IME and may give more consistent results than some natural stones. Just IMHO.
It seems a lot of fokes do like the eschers/thur. I never tryed one and would'nt no a original one to be onest. Refering to the 12k you have jimmy does it improve after coticule ? I never tryed that neither. I no raspur finishers with 10k after coticule he does about 40 passes on the 10k.