Well Rene, that is good news for me because a have a few. The fine side hits pretty high as a grit equivalent and it produces a very nice edge with only a few strokes. There are a few barbers hones that were head and shoulders above the rest when it come down to the shave. Frictionite 00, Panama, Fenslers Ruby Red, Lakeside Blue just to name a couple off the top of my head. The frictionite 00 is suppose to be number two but there have been tests that have shown others are actually smoother, they just have not received the correct promotion. I'm with Joel in that I doubt it is exclusively wet shavers that are pushing the market. Watch a segment of logger sorts and see what those guys do with those axes and you will know that they are insanely sharp, and they don't have that much time between rounds. My niece is a wood carver and they are always looking for the next thing to touch up an edge on the fly too.