Howard I will report back.
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Howard I will report back.
At that price, this ought to be the ultimate finishing stone. I hope you get the best edges of your life. Congrats.
Congrats, I eyed that one too. I really like his vintage stones. I have a couple of them and they are smoother than most. You should get some killer edges off it at 9.2 fineness.
Cheers, Steve
It's arrived! I had shaved last night prior opening the package. Initial thoughts:
1. It's greyer than the picture shows. I didn't like that too much, but my displeasure there isn't so significant.
2. MUCH heavier than I would have expected. I have an Ohira Suita I keep for chisels and plane blades. It's about the same size as that stone, but MUCH heavier.
3. Got a nice feel. Good 'stiction'. I appear to get a better edge off of it than my other stones. Two points about this. 1) I have two other very excellent jnats. I have NO DOUBT than my honing skills are no where close to adequate enough to assess the quality of any these stones. I'm just not there. 2) I probably the better edge because I spent more time playing with the new toy.
I'll shave with that edge tonight and let you all know.
By the way, I DO know how to sharpen the hell out of a chisel and can do what I feel are valid stone-to-stone comparisons for that tool. I'll do a chisel test next week and letcha know.
Okay, wrapping it up....
The shave, it was very nice!!