I recieved my shapton 16k in the mail today.I imidiatly tried it out on three of my shavers.They were only polished on the norton 8000, so I did about 50 laps on each razor.I know this has been said before.But the result really blew my mind.The shave was very close.But the smoothnes was what impressed me the most.I did finish with chromOx for the first time,and I used Castle Forbes shaving cream.And those must take some of the credit for the amazing shave, but still...
I was just wondering, have you exp.shapton users similar WOW! experiences with the lower grits?
(Compered to what you were using before you got the shaptons.)

Also: If I'm going all Shapton( which I probably will) In your oppinion, what grits do I really need, for the entire process? I'm talking bevel setting,sharpening,polishing and finishing with shaptons only.
No HAD infected answers please