Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
. A $15k car will get you from point A to point B. A $60k car will get you there too, but you might enjoy the ride a little more, and you might be a little more likely to pick up a hot girl along the way, but then she's going to want a diamond and her own $70k car and a bigger house and eventually a hotter guy and so that $60k car is going to cost you about $700k when all you wanted to do was get to point B.
HAHA! so true!

But what is the grit of a Barber hone? Would a Chinese 12k be good enough? They don't sell new barber hones (not that i know of, all are vintage).