Randy,

Have you ever tried the Nakayama after coticule/Thuringen or 12K natural Chinese? That makes a huge difference IMHO.

Quote Originally Posted by randydance062449 View Post
Both the coticule and the thuringen/escher are very good natural finishing stones that result in a sharp, comfortable shaving edge.
But for the finest edge I prefer the chinese 12,000 available from woodcraft.com. It is very inexpensive and a massive stone. It is also slower cutting than either of the other two. 100 laps are my minimum on this stone.

You would not go wrong with either of the three.

Just my two cents,