Originally Posted by
WW243
The main reason the best hones are known is also known: they work. My question is what might be some of the other reasons that the best hones are known? I think the answers to that question might expand the knowledge base considerably and make the impossible more possible. And a final note, I truly admire someone who, through research and hard work, moves something from the dream column to the reality column.[/Qthese dudes UOTE]
Just think, back in time some dude with a crude knife, and he picks up some rock and uses it to sharpen the knife and it works and his buddy picks up another rock and it works better. Over time folks start looking and keep coming up with better and better rocks to use. They haven't stopped to this day. Of course with more complex society they come up with synthetics and better ways to locate and mine deposits of honing stones.
It's really that simple.