Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
Your explanation is one reason I don't have one. I could just imagine buying a stone that would make all of my other lovelies superfluous. :eek: Besides that there is the question of whether I succeed in getting the ultimate Nakayama. Maybe I would spend $500 and be left feeling unsure if there wasn't a better one. Then I would buy another and if I liked it more I wouldn't like the initial stone. Then I would again wonder if there wasn't a better one to be had. :gaah:
[I]Jimmy, always such common sense and look at the way you ended your quote above. HAD, JimmyHAD.:) I have seen your rocks buddy, if you and I were to live for one thousand years, how many tons of hones would we have. The little common sense that I have left tells me you are so right, but then that HAD thing.:confused:
[/I]You mention the Shapton 30k. Matter of fact you mention it frequently and your constantly talking about it finally got me off of my bum to finish four razors with my 30k pro and I must thank you for that. I could not imagine a smoother and keener edge. This rock has been sitting in the cabinet for months and I've not availed myself of it because I had other fish to fry. Now that I have drunk the kool aid I don't know if I will be able to leave it alone.
Thanking me makes me happy. It is nice to be appreciated and respected from man the likes of you Jimmy. Always so helpful, and done with humility and class. Maybe a smoother edge could not be had. and for sure we that stick with it get them over time get it but it can't be ignored though, if there are finishers out there that reach this level and they are smooth as silk while honeing....., well can't you see my attraction?
As far as a 'better' hone ..... the results I'm getting from the 30k remind me of something a friend told my thirty years ago,"If you can't be satisfied with what you've got, you'll never be satisfied with what you get." :gl: