thank you, I prefer honed, but for reason, i think the white macaubus does better with the leather finish, which can be honed or polished. I think when I used it, we were no able to just hone it, but your fabricator can tell you for sure. In general, quartzite is a wonderful material, super durable and porous, but I also usually do a square eased edge, rather than a funky edge, because sometimes the material is crystally ( I made up that word) and it can chip when cutting tricky corners or edges.