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I can get consistantly great edges off of my surgical black Arkie, mainly because that was all I had to hone on for many years.They can be very tricky and don't give soft steels such as Sheffield...

It's really hard to answer with any specifics as naturals very quite a bit, even within stone type. Some PHIG's can be higher than 12k as can some thuringens. There are also J-nats which I am by no...

As far as synthetics, there are the Shapton 16k and 30k. There are also some naturals that fall into this area. The cheapest option would be pastes and sprays though.