Kevin,

I think that's what forums and threads are for. To discuss and analyze different topics.

What many people forget, imo, is that there are so many variables which influence a certain result.

I love the Shaptons but I've already encountered just a few razors that did not like them.
I had to revert to the use of my naturals.
I've just honed one razor yesterday that did not like the coarser shaptons. I had to set a new bevel. Tough Swedish steel. Whatever 500, 1000 or even 2000 Shapton I would use it would start to micro-chip. I went back and forth trying to analyze the why and trying all different kinds of pressure and methods.

I took out my coarser DMT and low and behold it did love the DMT to set the bevel. No questions asked. Go figure. I've had the opposite happen more often.
From the 4K Shapton and up it went perfect and took a really sharp and beautiful edge as I shaved with it last night. But for some reason anything lower with the Shaptons didn't work.

IMO there is no one-hone-for-all but this only goes into effect when you need to hone lots of razors. When owning just a few personal razors it would be overkill to own each and every hone unless you get HAD and love collecting natural stones etc... But that's another story.