Quote Originally Posted by Martin103 View Post
My only attemp was to make members aware of fraudulent stone identification on ebay!
Well, I don't know what other people think when they see a listing that says "possible", etc, I can only guess. Personally, someone like AJ, I saw the stones and thought they were too cheap and almost didn't buy them figuring they'd turn out to be dud slow or coarse stones that couldn't finish a razor. I turned out to be wrong, every stone I've gotten from him can finish a razor, though they are a rung below the high priced stones that I have, which are fast, fine and leave a gentle edge. What he has for $50 trumps every other natural finisher I've seen, though, and if that gets people honing their own razors, to me that's good.

What irritates me a lot more is dealers like timbertools who charge exorbitant prices for a stone that can be had from germany for a lot less even with a VAT added, and then they use the words "genuine escher" with them, instead of thuringian. All they do is stick an unknowing user with a stone that they will be out a lot of money on if they decide to sell. I can look past that kind of stuff if a buyer can get back out from under whatever they purchased without much loss.

Everybody has a different opinion about it, I guess.