My Mazaki isn't very reactive at all, and this is coming from a guy who once woved never to buy any carbon clad knives again (after being annoyed with my Kagekiyos reactivity).
https://hkknives.se/collections/knivar
Swedish site, but I'd be very surprised if they wouldn't reply in english to email. They only have the 191X-series on their site, but they write that they have access to all CCK products, so you could probably just send a mail and ask for whatever you...
What would be the difference compared to sharpening without thinning? The amount of metal removed by my rod seems to be miniscule, I've never noticed it at all.