ARE THERE NO NEW NEW HONES?
:confused:Are there no new barber hones being made?,Are there no new source of natural hones being mined except coticules? I saw some newly mined "Escher's" on one site,but I read somewhere that there not as good as the original ones. Isn't there a supply of new stones that don't cost a fortune,aren't in Japanese and can be bought by us average guys and be assessed by the people here who can compare them to the stones of old and tell the rest of us whether they are good or not. It seems to me there are plenty of river and lots of rock hounds,and no shortage of buyers of such items,anybody out there got a thought?
Thanks for your input,
Griz