Thread: These just came in!

And advertising is Advertising,

You don’t really think you are going to see that bikini clad girl, at the Carls Jr. drive up window, or "that" beer will make you the Most or even, mildly interesting?

Do you?

Originally Posted by Lynn

Escalating post counts do not always correspond with experience.

Ain't that the truth. I've seen a couple people with fairly high post counts that dont seem to know their ass from a hole in the ground on 99% of topics. I guess it comes with the territory on the interwebs where everyone is an expert. Best advice to further elaborate on what you said Lynn, is that most people should take what they read online with a grain of salt. That also goes with people looking at advertising period.

I know I've said this before in another thread, but at the risk of repeating myself ....... I would suggest a new honer, who is seriously getting into honing as a sport in itself, get a set of nortons, or shaptons, or naniwas and stop there. Not all three brands, just one of the brands that have earned a reputation as a viable set of razor hones. There are others BTW, but I'm naming those I've had hands on experience with.

Learn to hone, get to know those stones. When you feel like you're ready dip your foot into the naturals. Get one, maybe two and stop there. Learn those. Once you feel like you really know them dip your foot in the water again and get something else if you're curiosity is piqued.

Buying hones for the sake of HAD is not the worst thing you could be addicted to, but if you get so many that you are like a guy at a buffet and can't decide what to eat ...... it is easy to get so many you'll be a long time getting to really know any or them or get a systematic method to use them. Just IMHO.

Here's a thread about using these stones, the given names are purely a sales pitch: http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ns-tongue.html

+1 With Neil

I have a set of these also and they are rather nice Finishers, in Glen's world anything that improves on a Norton 8k edge is a "Finisher"

Mine came pretty flat, and the "Well Worn" DMT 325 I have smoothed the surface right up

I named mine Greenish WHIG and Purple WHIG because the Names and Grit ratings out there are "Quaint" at best and down right misleading at worst


WHIG = Welsh Hone of Indeterminate Grit

Stolen from the term PHIG for the Chinese Guanxi Hone = People's Hone of Indeterminate Grit

I've got the black, purple and green ones too!
Really fun stones, fun in that way thickness of slurry and pressure really matters for the result, you have to get to know them well to get the most out of them.

I know very little about sharpinin' rocks, but, I know how my luck runs. For future photos, why not put them on something flat to take the picture. Balancing them on the center of the sink looks like the makings of a potential bad story. I'd hate to see your next post be something about cleaning up a chipped corner of a stone!

Both these are from AJ, yes you can't peg a grit on a natural, but a "range" is helpful

@ Mattin103 Yes, this is the thread I read through, as well as the one Tim Zowada started.