Thing is with these trowels now theres always a gimmick or something has been tweaked from an older model and been recrafted, longer shank less flex stiffer blade etc you got manufactures and plasterers alike saying you can use these trowels on the wet trowel some to flatten some just to finish,and its mind boggling and confusing I never use to cross trowel ever was taught that an egg shell finish is all that's needed none of this glass like mirror type finishing and now things have progressed in the game there's tools everywhere for the game now,it was only when I started up on my own that I started cross trowelling as customers would request a glass like shiny finish and I use a plaziflex at the end of the set for it other than that the Marshalltown does the rest of the work