Originally Posted by
syslight
A barber's hone takes you beyond 90 percentile closer to the 99 percentile. but that just depends on the hone and the user.
some people dream of a 100% perfectly sharp razor and are willing to try anything to get there. will they actually be able to tell the difference... in a blind shave test i doubt it.
but having spent most of the money, i stopped with a full set of shapton glass plates, i never got into the jnats or any of the later popular choices, i remember chasing the dream too. it was fun.