Quote Originally Posted by str8fencer View Post
I'd like to point out that those naniwas are not the same. The naniwa 12k is from their superstone series, while the 10k is from their chosera series. The 10k costs around 3-4 times as much as the 12k. They really are quite different animals.
I am confused here, how do you know what the OP uses?
Naniwa makes both SS and Chosera in 10k grit.

@OP I have both 10k and 12k and the results off both are very similar.