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    I was looking on eBay and came across a hone that was said to be comparable to a thuringian it was call a welsh thuringian does anyone know anything of these .

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    If it's from AJsomethinorother it's the real deal.

    rodb had one at the MN meet last weekend. I spent a little bit of time playing with it, and looking at the scratch pattern under the microscope. I ordered one for myself yesterday.
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    Search the forums for "Dragon's Tongue" to find something probably very similar.

    EDIT: Ah, someone with experience - are they indeed similar? Certainly a bit more pricey, it looks like.
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    Rod had the three stone set - dragon's tongue, llynn melynallin (or whatever), and welsh thuringian. The llyn mellanyllan (or whatever) is a fine stone, and would make a great finisher. The welsh thuringian is even better, according to my microscope and calibrated hair tests. To be fair, I have not shaved with an edge finished on either to compare shaving characteristics.
    Of the three, the dragons tongue clearly had the coarsest scratch pattern.
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    Come on even americans should know that Wales is on an island and Thuringia is on the continent. In seller's defense:
    THE NICK NAME "WELSH THURINGIAN"* HAS COME FROM THE SHAVING FORUMS (THEIR WORDS NOT MINE)
    But I still think it's his responsibility to not be just repeating whatever BS comes up on the shaving forums. Imagine if everybody started calling the PHIG a 'chinese 12000 grit hone', all those kittens and puppies that are going to die...

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    There's BS on a shaving forum? I thought it was all BBS...

    Yeah I was wondering which forum called it that. Did some of us do that? Anyways, go to the advanced honing forum and look for something like Lyn Mellynlyn/ welsh slate combo hone. Then settle in for a long read.

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    BS, BBS, BBW it's all so confusing. I am off to google to look that last one up, I'm sure their images will make it all crystal clear...

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    You ought to try Google image search for both wet bbw and dry bbw to compare the differences.

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    And once again, a thread goes awry. lol. I wish there was a way to discreetly give points for the previous two statements. But since it's all in print, I just gotta do this I guess.

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