I need an economical and practical 1k stone. I need a reasonable amount of meat on it so I can lap it a lot and use it a lot. The only 1k stone I have is a half inch thick Naniwa Superstone and I don't want to wear that out honing a bunch of Gold Dollars. Here is what I sort of narrowed it down to.

Suehiro CERAX 1000, 8.07 x 2.87 x 1.14" $49.99
Shapton Kuromaku 1000 210 ~ 70 ~ 15 mm $48.64
King K1000 red/brown 8.2 x 2.8 x 2.4" $39.99
Naniwa Chosera 1000 8.3 x 2.8 x 1" $99

Anybody who has used TWO or More of these, please give me your impressions in comparison. I am sort of leaning toward the first two. The king wears quickly. The Chosera seems a little overpriced right now.The Shapton I think is a bit on the thin side though I am not a metric guy so the Cerax is sort of in the lead right now as I shop around.

I do have plenty of coarse stones and they take most of the punishment but I really think my 1K Naniwa Superstone is out of its element as I am honing over a dozen Gold Dollars some days. I like to hone in the evenings, sitting on our brand new kinda expensive electric 6 way reclining couch as me and the Missus watch movies and stuff, and she positively vetoes bringing the belt sander to the couch LOL! Now I know the Chosera is likely the best but is it twice best? Looking at the price. I seem to remember them being quite a bit cheaper not so long ago.

From the 1K I am going to 9u, 3u, and 1u film, then .5u, .25u, and .1u diamond on lapped balsa. The gray 15u film I got recently will give me a chippy edge now and then so it is out. Lately I have been going from 600 Chosera to 30u film and then 9u and so on but the 30u film has a tough time of it when the 600 Chosera gets a little out of tune. My stone lapping gear stays out in the shop and I don't like to always be going back and forth.

I also see a Norton Brown 1000 Grit 8 x 3 x 1" (approx) for $56.99 but I became very disillusioned with that brand about 15 years ago when they seemed to go downhill in quality. Are they any better than they were a few years ago?