Originally Posted by
alex1921
I would say it comes down to what the stone is capable of. I have suita stones that will wipe 1k scratches and get the edge ready for a finisher with koma/tomo and other suitas that actually can't do that. So on those mid range suitas going back to botan is an overkill. On the other hand I have 1 very very hard suita that you can do the whole mikawa/tomo progression on and get a nice shave but that's sort of an unusual rock. The whole way it behaves during lapping etc, it really acts like a hard grey rock and not a suita.