Thread: Anyone here buy this?...

I bought one a year or two ago.
It is a nice barber hone, finer than any other I have.
As Sham will be able to confirm, the thing that makes this one a bit special is that it will take an already shave ready Edge, like off of a Y/G Escher finished Edge, and actually improve on it's sharpness.
Weird, I know, but it actually does...
It can be argued that it actually takes the edge too far.

Either way, I will keep mine as part of my retirement plan

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The only way I'll ever find out is if I find one in a flea market for $2.00.

Same here.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've never seen one go for that much. For awhile $500 seemed to be the going rate. Sham snagged one a long time ago and said it was very good for razors .... listed it on ebay and got a lot for it IIRC..... so it was better for raising $ than for razors LOL. The only way I'll ever find out is if I find one in a flea market for $2.00.

I would go as high as 20.00 at a flea market. Actually, I would probably drop a hundred on it if I could find one, and the same day it would be on eBay. My hones do everything I need.

Originally Posted by robellison01

I would go as high as 20.00 at a flea market. Actually, I would probably drop a hundred on it if I could find one, and the same day it would be on eBay. My hones do everything I need.

One of the things I miss most about the USA is Flea Markets.

--james

Originally Posted by jgkeegan

One of the things I miss most about the USA is Flea Markets.

--james

Me too, and auctions. Can't wait to get out of Japan!

Originally Posted by robellison01

Me too, and auctions. Can't wait to get out of Japan!

Despite no flea markets here in Taiwan, I love it here. I am here for the duration.

I haven't sorted out the best way to get shaving supplies here yet. I carried quite a bit with me a year and a half ago. The only thing I ran out of is Cella, but I have a lot of Vitos Supreme and the infamous P.160 Tipo Morbido.

--james

That was my stone. It is going to Australia. I got a number of questions about the stone from competition axemen and one told me that it was just the best for touching up axes DURING competition. It was the fastest, he said, requiring 5-10 strokes to refresh the edge, where all other stones needed 20-30. This is a big deal in the middle of a contest i gather.

He also told me that one Norton stone will last an axeman his entire life, and some have been passed down for generations.

He listed a couple other barber hones, like frictionite, and told me that nowadays most guys use DMT diasharp if they cant get ahold of a Norton.

It was a fun stone to have, but didnt do anything that my other nice stones couldnt do, granted it was very fast. I was amazed how fast it was, and how "sharp" the grit felt, I could hear a very high pitched cutting sound when using it.

Still, the edge didnt feel much better (to this rookie) than an 8k norton if you know how to finesse the 8k, and i dont have to handle the water stone like its a faberge egg. So now it has been turned into gas money for a cross country trip, and a nice chisel set. And maybe a 12k waterstone.

Yep, those Aussie Axe men are a breed unto themselves, that's for sure.

Almost every local annual show in Australia used to have a woodchopping competition where the woodchips would fly and the beer guts would swing in concert with the flashing of the axe heads. In ever-decreasing cadence, I might add, like a $20 sessional drummer. Fond memories of youth.

James.