Quote Originally Posted by feltspanky View Post
Once I learned how to properly use the stone to it's potential. I'm well pleased with the ultra smooth shaving results I achieve.
Eerrrm...this goes for any stone, really. Including naturals. Granted, learning to max out an edge on those might take longer to learn than it does on synthetic hones with grit rating that is made meaningful in a brand-specific way, according to people who use them a lot.

Then again, it might not be; it may be that the threshold to get decent shaving edges is lower. I don't know, as I never first learned honing on synthetics. Which, obviously, I cannot do any more.