Quote Originally Posted by Bruno View Post

Most of us understood perfectly that your pictures were to illustrate the tools (stones) not the results.
Bruno, what does this mean? How can you illustrate the stones apart from the results? It is the results that indicate the performance of the hones. Tim's experiments show clearly that the Belgian hone removes more metal than any of the others. I believe that the term for this is sharpening. Hopefully we will next hear which if the hones will polish this Belgian sharpened blade the best. Then if we like, we can try the sharpening/polishing combination that emerges and see for ourselves how this relates to shaving. That's the scientific method, step 1, consider some set of observations, step 2, develop an hypothesis which is intended to explain or tie together some aspect of the observations, step 3, test the hypothesis to see if it is valid using a test that directly relates to an intended end use. Let's let this develop naturally and see where it leads. What are some of us so frightened of, that shaving can be developed into a science instead of being relegated into remaining a dark art?!?!?!