Thread: Suffer from HAD? - How many do you have?

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

Reminds me of some lady who used to collect shoes in the Philippines ...Imelda Marcos?

I just Do the same as my wife, with one difference which is important !!

I prefer hones much more then shoes;-)
Collecting shoes doesnt make fun....

Now that I know what I like my HAD is in remission, reversing actually.

Shoes can be fun, too... depending on the shoes, of course.

I received two more artificial hones today... I think they'll go to the workshop this weekend for a test honing. One is 15cmx35mm, one grit. One is 20cmx50mm, two grits, in a workshop-made hardwood case. The one in the case is definitely an oil-stone based on the smell.

Originally Posted by doorsch

I just Do the same as my wife, with one difference which is important !!

I prefer hones much more then shoes;-)
Collecting shoes doesnt make fun....

But old boots do make for great restoration projects. My main shoes are Swiss army mountaineering boots from the 60's/70's and a pair of Czechoslovakian boots from the early 90's or older. Apart from my Tony Mora square toe boots, of course.

I think I don't need to buy any shoes for the next 30 years.

In the spirit of the thread starter I respond.

I own the following stones:
King 1000/6000
Shapton 1000GS
Norton 4k/8k
Shapton Pro 12000
Coticule
Llyn Melynllyn
Chinese 12k (PHIG)
2 or 3 barber hones
Hard black Arkansas
And last but not least, that indispensable friend to all honers, the DMT

Here's a few, the 12 1/2" thuringian on the far right dwarfs the rest of my hones LOL.

My HAD has stabilized-finally. I've sold quite a few but I have the following that's sticking around
Chosera 1k
Snow White 8k (seldom use it)
A 10" thuri
7 inch green escher
7 inch two toned thuri (my great grandfathers, handed down to my grandfather then to me)
5x2.5 LG escher (my favorite)
6x2.5 YG thuri
3 size 10 Les Latneuses bouts (all from the ol preu quarry)
8x2 ol preu Les Latneuses
4x2 Regne les Latneuses
Spotted la dressante bout
6x2 La petite Blanche
6x2 la veinette (my favorite coti)
6x2 vintage barbers pet coticule
Two vintage black arks
A vintage pike trans arkie
A vintage nakayama Kiita maruka 8x2
Several other vintage cotis and hard arks, and a lily white arkie

I do not suffer from HAD

They are simply tools that I use, each has a purpose


Now Razors are a different story I do have many that I haven't used in well over a year or two those I do collect sometimes just for the sake of collecting. but Stones and Hones are tools only so no matter how many I have it isn't HAD

** I have a lot of Screwdrivers too and Hammers**

I suffer from HAVE, definitely not past tense.

Originally Posted by earcutter

Seriously - I have more than I am able to master at this point.

Exemplifying Glen's sig to the T

Originally Posted by doorsch

Haha....great....and probably some Fernslers ;-) now i know where the good stuff can be found....

Yeah. I'd love to get my hands on another Fernsler. I still haven't gotten a Frictionite 00 yet But, I'm in check. This BLING thread is of NO help, however.

Surprisingly, no mentions of the Gukumyo 20K. That's one that I will probably get in the future at some point.