I watched several videos on honing and the one with Lynn Abrams with the naniwa stones conveniced me to go with the naniwa stones. The 1-3/8 and the 12K to start with. I later ordered the Suehiro 20K and the 5K naniwa . with these I have honed all the razors I've come across. I did get lazy and order the naniwa 400 to restore and remove small chips out of the blades I get off eBay. I believe that if these stones are good enough for a pro such as Lynn then some one like me should do fair.