Quote Originally Posted by rayman View Post
I have shaved after finishing off both these hones and I find there is no difference. It seems to me that the 12k nani finish is equal to the 16k shapton. I am not sure how you think the Crox nullifies the finish. .5 Crox is = 30k grit. It has a smoothining effect on the edge that you can't seem to get from a hone. IMHO.

Ray
I think he means that when you use chromium oxide to finish it will produce the same results regardless if you used the Naniwa 12k or Shapton 16k, so it really doesn't matter which you used first since you still finish with chromium oxide. I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with the claim (since I really don't know), just trying to clarify what I think he means by the chromium oxide "nullifying" effect.