Thread: peoples hone of indeterminate grit(phig) I don't like this name.

I have called them PHIG's as well as the range of finish varies soooo much & many are quite disappointed with them & may go thru 3-5 stones until they find one that will leave a good finish on a razor after 8K. I would agree that they are mostly pre-polishers, some good, some not so good. I also agree that the term PHIG could be considered deragatory, so I'll try to stick with calling them a China Stone, as I can never remember how to spell Guangxi. Maybe it would help if I could pronounce it. I just can't use the term C12K simply because of what was mentioned above...trying to classify a natural as a specific grit. Not gonna happen.

What's in a name? I remember when I was a lad there was an old man who lived up the road that I became friends with. I used to go over there to mow his lawn and help with gardening etc, and he would tell me stories about WWII, the old days, important people in the town etc.

I remember one conversation as if it were only yesterday on the subject of names. He said to me:

"Little Jimbo, do you see that church on yonder hill? I built that church. Do people call me Harry the Church Builder? No."

I nodded sagely. He pointed to a picture on his wall.

"Little Jimbo, do you see that picture? That is a picture of me shearing 500 sheep in one day. Do people call me Harry the Gun Shearer? No."

Again, I nodded respectfully. He said

"Little Jimbo, I fought for King and Country in the War. Do people call me Harry the Hero? No.....
.....But have sex with one donkey......."

James.

We have quite a few "Slang" names that are unique to this forum

J-nat
Coti
BBW
Thuri
N4/8
PHIG
CF
TOS
WOA
Arkie
to name just a few

Amazingly enough we all know exactly what we are all talking about, I guess that makes us SRP Nerds, Geeks, aka Rockhounds... personally I like that it sets us apart as Brothers of the Blade

ps: You can call any stone anything you want it really only matters if everyone else knows what rock yer talking about

Originally Posted by gssixgun

personally I like that it sets us apart as Brothers of the Blade

Yeah, that's called B&B. Oh wait....

This:

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

PHIG was supposed to be a joke

and this:

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You can call any stone anything you want it really only matters if everyone else knows what rock yer talking about

agreed. Guangxi Hone is about as good as were likely to get. Is it slate?

I see more peopling agree that phig is not a nice name.

Me thinks this is the most appropriate name:

The Guanxgi(Jiangxi) polishing hone(GPH hone?). We know it comes
from Guangxi and the stone is a polisher(between 8k and 15k).

Sharpman

Originally Posted by SharpMan

I see more peopling agree that phig is not a nice name.

Me thinks this is the most appropriate name:

The Guanxgi(Jiangxi) polishing hone(GPH hone?). We know it comes
from Guangxi and the stone is a polisher(between 8k and 15k).

Sharpman

I see you aren't following the thread too well... PHIG was, is, always shall be an SRP joke. Pedantry will not change this, nor make many friends.

I am regularly called many cruel and insensitive names, mostly by my friends.
I wouldn't mind being called PHIG though, sounds sorta cool.

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

I see you aren't following the thread too well... PHIG was, is, always shall be an SRP joke. Pedantry will not change this, nor make many friends.

Ok, the joke was nice. Now let's give it a proper name.

Sharpman