Grizzley, we are all enamoured with certain old razor hones.
Indeed the good Swaty hones have held up nice in good environments and are quite effective.
It seems to me that most everyone who has one has a few. It's easy to upgrade to a nicer example.
If this one was on an aution site for starting bid of 9 bucks and had only a few days to go, it would speak volumes on the point.
Little chamfering around and good as gold. No bids.....
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I think about 34 examples on one site alone and half seem nice.
It may be wiser to hoard nice examoles of vintage ones than making new ones with all that would be involved.
JMHO