Hey Oz, good to hear from ya. :)
Yeah, I'm sure the DMT's will turn up, it's just a matter of sorting through the stacks of moving boxes.
I used to set the initial bevel with a DMT before moving on to the Shaptons, but as you mentioned, the micro chips caused by the DMT's on brittle blades were a bit of a pain.
The more I read about the Chosera's, the more I'm leaning in that direction. Hard to justify the cost, though.
Leaning toward getting a 1k Chosera, then 2k, 3k, 5k, 8k Super Stones, then a 10k Chosera.
I've read in a bunch of different places now that a lot of people feel that the finish of a Chosera 10k is better than the 12k Super Stone, and even better than the 16k Shapton GS.