I remember when I was first testing these out when they were introduced to the market and I can still say from a results standpoint, that they are among the most consistent stones out there for providing great honing results on every make of quality razor I have ever had on them, bar none. If these were the only hones you had from the 1K to the 16K, you really would never need any additional stones. On top of that, because of the ceramic nature of them, I have yet to wear out a set and I still use them all the time when not using either the Naniwa's or Norton's.

I think it will always boil down to personal preferences on feedback from the stones and results for all of us, but after having experimented with so many stones over the years, I still would not be without a set of these. It's good to see so much of what was said early on about these stones being repeated as time continues.

Have fun.