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Thread: What really is the best Finish Hone on the Planet ????

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    LMAO Tom,
    I was going to avoid the pastes and the final strop..
    Way to toss more variables in the mix,, at this rate we will never find out what the best finish hone is

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    Well if I have to choose one stone based on finish only not whether it is versatile or whatever I would choose a Jnat, those things give scary sharp a whole new definition. I don't think any other stone achieves the same result or comes close to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    LMAO Tom,
    I was going to avoid the pastes and the final strop..
    Way to toss more variables in the mix,, at this rate we will never find out what the best finish hone is
    Well it is all part of the game if
    you think "strop ready".

    Bevel setting gets you hone ready.
    Hones get you finish hone ready.
    Finish hones get you strop ready.
    Strops get you shave ready.

    Stropping each day keeps you shave ready.

    Back to topic, my favorite hone set this week is the SS12K
    following a Norton 4/8K combo. To refresh an edge a short pyramid
    on the 4/8K followed by a finish on the Super stone strops up very
    well for me.

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    Of course some people's opinions on what's best are just more valid than others and some are down right astronomically correct and can never be refuted so if you don't agree with these people why your just inferior in every way.

    Sorry, but Mr Sasquatch made me write this.
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    Great post! People tend to forget that YMMV

    Some people shave straight off a Norton 8k and love it, while others won't let a razor touch their face until it's had 20 laps on a $1400 Nakayama. As always, different strokes for different folks.

    The quest for the perfect shave is a dangerous road that just makes your significant other angry and your wallet empty!
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    While I have probably used less than most as far as finishers goes I have been around tools and metal for quite some years. From my experience and practice I have found that it is not the tools that make the end product good but the craftsman behind them. A tool, or hone in this case, is only an extension of the mind and skills of the person using them. There is no magic bullet. The right tool for the right job is the easiest way to your goal having the skill to use it properly but making a silk purse out of a sow's ear is really a feat! There is no substitute for skill regardless of the tools at hand.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

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    i was amazed when i finished on some cr.ox some years ago also coticule also the diamond spray. i have a yellow green escher to try out now thanxs to jimmy. it goes on.

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    The best Finnish hone is probably the Wästilä whetstone.

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    Good one Piet.... good to see a "tongue firmly in cheek" sometimes....

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    Best finishing stone? The answer is the same as the one I give when asked "Who is the best wife in the world?"

    Mine.

    I always think that if you can't be with the hone you love, love the hone you're with.

    James.
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