Gents,
I am honing off Naniwa's...1K for the bevels, 3/8K for the edge and 12K to polish it up. I use diamond on felt and CroOx on rough leather as a few swipes depending on the razor. After lots of trail and error and grunts of exasperation I am now getting edges that are soft, pretty darn sharp and consistent. Learning a lot about not re-setting things on the bevel when I bought something shave ready that wasn't completely even on the bevel. I know I'm getting great shaves now not only because I can feel it, but my Razor Rock doesnt sting, just tingles. I don't know why the alum is my measuring rod...but it is.

Here's the question....is the 12K the best finisher all things equal or is there another finer grit to work in? Tom OShanter? Escher? I'm just riffing off the various posts and things I've seen for sale. Or all things equal is the 12K and diamond or CroOx as good as you can get in context of personal preference?