Hi I just purchased a nice sized Thurigan hone from Timbertools and have not received it yet. I was wandering is there a noticeable difference between a so called vintage Thurigan and the newer ones? Are these two items the same stone for the most part the only difference being no more that the difference between two different coticule, some are a little nice that others? I am knew to honing, so my last question is, would this be a good final polish stone or I guess I should say a maintenance stone. I buy all my razors new from SRD and keep them in good shape but when they might need a little touch up is this an acceptable stone to go to for a few laps when the strop is not doing it. Or can anyone else tell me about the different uses for this stone or how they have used it in there honing process. Has anyone used it with a lot of slurry as a cutter or just simply a final polish stone. Any info would be great.