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06-04-2015, 04:12 PM #1
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Thanked: 458I think the various hard (that are not true hards like black, trans, etc), washita and soft stones are all in the same category, so there's no need to have more than one of them. They can all cut a bevel when they're slurried and they can all do pre-finisher work when they're not.
I have a jones for the washita because of what it can do when it's not in a rotation, it has a very wide range, but it's not a razor finisher. that very wide range is something ultra useful for tools, lets you use a single stone for almost all of your work. the cheaper non-washitas aren't capable of the upper end of the range like a washita - if they raise a wire edge fast, they're coarse, and if they can make a satisfactory edge, they're not fast. The washita can be both. But it can fit fine in a razor rotation, too. It takes some method modification to get one to finish a razor, though, and it's not an easy always-works-out kind of thing. Under my roof, it requires a linen and a rough shave or two, and then some discretion to not remove the edge again on the next refresh.