Originally Posted by
Marshal
Yeah, I'm with Oz on this one. Im not gonna buy the 'trade secret' bit. I know exactly which quarry my PHIG came from. It's no secret where my Arkansas stones were quarried. Even AJ selling Welsh Slates on Ebay has been forthright on where those rocks are sourced. I didn't even have to do any digging or prying to find the information, it's commonly known and readily available.
The only reason to hide that information really is either A: it really is something like a rebranded PHIG. B: he doesn't have mineral rights to mine the quarry these stones are coming from. C: he's the middleman and he lucked up on some slate a quarry would sell cheap that does a really nice job on razors, but he fears a larger company like Norton, will decide they want in on the action.
In the third case, I kinda can't fault for not wanting to say, "I get them here." But there are better ways to handle that.
Well, for my part I have enough naturals that I don't need another, unless it's a coticule or a Jnat. I do hope your ILR works out for you Jay, jt looks like they've got potential to be very nice stones.