I can attest that if So asked for $2000 for a hone, it was worth $2000. Stones are sold partially by weight but also just plain by their relative appeal. A great stone is going to cost more. Whether a $2000 hone is 10x better than a $200 hone is kind of hard to quantify or qualify, but it is going to be great stone. Like a lot of other stuff, you can reach a point of diminishing returns fairly quickly with both razors as well as hones. That is, I have a lot of "$30 razors" that shave just fine, that doesn't mean that I don't want a Livi razor some day. It's the same thing with the hones.