This was waiting for me when I got home today.

I don’t really have much interest in barbers hones as I like my edges finer than the approx. 8k most of them seem to get rated around, besides I have a Norton 8K water stone if I really feel the need for that type of edge.

After reading MODINE’s review of this one (where he rated it comparable to the Norton duel grit hone) I couldn’t help but satisfy my curiosity.
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It’s in pretty good shape (sans literature) with both sides flat and smooth, so I’ll give it a good test before I consider lapping it.

I spent a couple of hours on the weekend touching up the razors in my rotation, so I don’t “need” to use the hone just yet, but I have a feeling one of the razors will see the stone sooner rather than later.