Thread: The REAL holy grail of hones?

Originally Posted by JimmyH-AD

so maybe the HAD is subsiding..... for now.

Jimmy, you know it will flare up again, don't you? It's incurable.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chris L

Jimmy, you know it will flare up again, don't you? It's incurable.

Chris L

Yeah, you're probably right. I wouldn't bet against it. Great score you got on that Dark Blue.

Cool conversation going on here! Personally I just wanted to stir up some HAD talk. I don't really have HAD at all and don't plan on trying any stone this expensive unless it hones the razor for me. I also think the point about what people cut with kitchen knives vs. a razor is a valid one. Doesn't mean that it wouldn't work as well for razors... that is something that has yet to be seen lol.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Cool conversation going on here! Personally I just wanted to stir up some HAD talk. I don't really have HAD at all and don't plan on trying any stone this expensive unless it hones the razor for me. I also think the point about what people cut with kitchen knives vs. a razor is a valid one. Doesn't mean that it wouldn't work as well for razors... that is something that has yet to be seen lol.

Hey Alex, what's the big idea stirring up the HAD pot like this? That's like setting an open can of Mountain Dew next to a wasp's nest and we HADdicts are the wasps. Yeesh!

Chris L

Do you know, we polish the edes so fine nowdays with a 50,000 grit paste that maybe, just maybe, the sticky edge........ whiuch is so desirable........... can be reached with a "one pass" on any 10 to 15K hone ..... maybe.

Or maybe the carrot chopping hone wrapped in gold, is the answer to our prayers.

I'll let someone else buy one. Forgive me, but I'm fed up with hype. I'll wait for the numbered limited edition wrapped in platinum.

No disrespect, Chris.

Originally Posted by English

Do you know, we polish the edes so fine nowdays with a 50,000 grit paste that maybe, just maybe, the sticky edge........ whiuch is so desirable........... can be reached with a "one pass" on any 10 to 15K hone ..... maybe.

Or maybe the carrot chopping hone wrapped in gold, is the answer to our prayers.

I'll let someone else buy one. Forgive me, but I'm fed up with hype. I'll wait for the numbered limited edition wrapped in
No disrespect, Chris.

None taken. I understand your perspective and share it to a degree. I and others that like to try many different stones and hones after being at this awhile also know that can be possible to maintain a shaving edge using a $10 barber hone, newspaper, chrome ox, etc. IMO it's indisputable that a single coticule stone could provide a person with all the stone they'd need to shave well. However....

I don't believe there's ONE STONE of any grit range that would lay all other stones to waste with an incomparable and marked difference so amazing that a coticule, Thuringian, 16K Shapton, etc. would seem like crap in comparison. I'm not looking for said stone. Some like to taste fine wines. I like to try fine stones and enjoy comparing their subtleties for my own personal use.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chris L

I don't believe there's ONE STONE of any grit range that would lay all other stones to waste with an incomparable and marked difference so amazing that a coticule, Thuringian, 16K Shapton, etc. would seem like crap in comparison. I'm not looking for said stone. Some like to taste fine wines. I like to try fine stones and enjoy comparing their subtleties for my own personal use.Chris L

Couldn't have put it better myself. The same is true of razors. One is enough but variety is the spice of life.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

I don't really have HAD at all and don't plan on trying any stone this expensive unless it hones the razor for me.

Alex, buy the stone for me and I'll hone all your razors for you .......