With all due respect to the serious rockhounds out there. Lynn probably hones more razors in a month than most of us will hone in a life time. If I 'test' someone else's stone, which I am extremely reluctant to do normally, it will be with a few razors. Lynn hones 500 razors on a stone before he comes to a conclusion. Just saying .....

I'm not saying that everyone should just read what a respected source says about their experience with a given hone of course. By all means try different stones regardless of how the other guy likes it. That is what HAD is all about .