New finishing stone for newbie?
Hi there, been wet shaving for about 2 years now coming from a sharpening background in fine woodworking tools so had up to a 4k/8k Norton stone with strop. For the first time last week I finally felt like I got it right on my Dovo straight razor and got a noticeably better shave. Probably I felt the key was a lot more stropping - (about 60 passes each side as opposed to about 20 previously).
I am looking at getting a finishing stone ie higher than 8k and at this stage am tossing up between a few as follows...
naniwa super stone 12k at 70 euros
Sigma Power select II 10k at $94 us
Naniwa Chosera 10k at lots and lots (200 euros is best price so far)
Chinese 12k - fairly cheap.
That is my list of option in probable current level of preference based on my own online reading and price.
Main question is this... the two types of Naniwa fine stones are separated by a lot of $ and the main difference they seem to emphasise is that the much more expensive Chosera stones cut a lot quicker. Is this the only perceivable difference (I have plenty of time but not an unlimited budget). Is the Naniwa 12k superstone (used for longer obviously) going to give a theoretically better edge than either of the Naniwa 10k stones.
Also anyone have any experience with the Sigma 10k stones in comparison to Naniwa.
Prefer to buy right and buy once so any feedback would be much appreciated, also any links to better prices than those mentioned aboved would be great.
Thanks
Adam