Quote Originally Posted by mike1011 View Post
I was at work today making up patch leads which is a tedious job so my mind started to wander and I got to thinking about finishing hones, I was weighing up the pros and cons of a guyoko 20k or an equivalent natural. I came to the conclusion that I can't justify the cost of a natural stone that fine (if indeed I could actually find one) and settled for the guyoko which, by all accounts is one hell of a stone.

The cunundorum I have though is when I read things like "I finish on my [insert expensive natural stone here] then do 20 strokes on a pasted strop". Now to me that sort of defeats the point of spending allot of money on an expensive natural hone as the actual finished edge is from the paste and not the hone ! If you are going to finish with pastes are you not better to hone with cheaper synthetic stones.

I am sure I'm missing the point here, but the only thing I can think is that people like to get the to the point of finishing on the naturals (ie the feel). However the final edge isn't down to the stone.
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Please help me here its driving me mad thinking about it
Mike, can't answer your question but I follow your logic. I'm also considering a guyoko, where would you get one from? I've looked for a UK or EU supplier but to no avail. The only suppliers I've found are in Japan.