Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
Since I live in Iowa, someday I intend to make a pilgrimage to Monrovia just to see what I can see!
Please do, Ron. I for one would be very interested in hearing about and seeing pictures from such an excursion!

Quote Originally Posted by honedright View Post
I thought it might be worthwhile for them (or even someone else??) to do some serious research and, based on the ingredients involved, and the equipment used, attempt a stronger effort to reproduce the hones. But apparently there is no real desire to do so. Once again too bad as I fear that the true synthetic "Swaty" style barber hone may now be a lost art.

Scott
I agree, too bad Scott. At this point, if anyone did successfully recreate one of the American Hone Company hones or a Swaty, at best they'd get a sense of accomplishment but find very little demand for such a specialized product.

Chris L