Originally Posted by
pipeguy
My son got me back to SR after a long hiatus, at least 14yrs! Long story shortened, I'm semi retired and due to an accident from an uninsured and illegal alien driver 4yrs ago and am limited on what I can spend. Well I found some second hand stones from a retired carpenter and tried to relearn my honing skills. They're getting better, I picked up a couple of those $5 Gold Dollars. I had some extra $$ and found a kid on EBAY selling some Chinese stones. Well...I guess I should of known better. The stone first had to finished let alone flattened, spent almost an hour and a half, then lapped it flat! After finishing on the 8k the new stone dulled my edge! Showed my son and he took the stone over to one of his coworkers father who hones blades and he said the stone is at BEST a 6 maybe a 7k, but wouldn't use it because of the bad quality. then I complain to the kid on EBAY who'll return my money less a 2% restocking fee!! WTF!..OK.. I go to get ready to package it up and drop it and pick up all 6 pieces! soo I just have to eat this one! I can still shave off a 8k edge! A hone will be at the top of my X-mas list this year!
thanks, AB