Originally Posted by
JimR
Ugh. The biggest problem with this place as a source of information for newbies is CONFUSING THE ISSUE.
Scipio, you clearly did not read the OP. He said TOUCH UPS ONLY. None of the stones you mentioned are right--the coticule can be used as a touch up hone, but at a lot of time/experimenting/experience cost.
Naniwa 12K (Or Shapton 12K-16K, it probably doesn't matter much), you're done. After initial lapping, when used for touchups, lots of lapping should not be an issue.
Nightblade, I recommend you stop reading this thread. There are about a hundred other issues about to flood you with noise.
The signal is: buy a synthetic, high grit hone and don't let anyone shake you in your resolve.