Originally Posted by
shooter74743
Hard or soft, it's all about learning your stones. You will not hear a negative thing said about the Shapton GS, Naniwa SS, or Norton stones from someone who knows these stones. If they do say something negative about them, they don't know what they are talking about.
Natural stones are great, but I would recommend learning to hone on one of the above synthetic sets as it will help you to learn to hone much easier...then you can get to the experimentation on the naturals & the rest of the stuff. It's truely an adventure and humbling experience.