The reoccurring question of grit
I have not been here long, but it seems that there are a ton of questions on grit size. For instance, "what grit is a coticule/escher"? comes up a lot. From what I can tell, central to the problem is the different grit standards used.
Why hasn't anyone compiled a list of available honing surfaces and equated them with some standard such as microns? It would be nice to see all of these hones and pastes together on a single scale from coarse to fine.
Now I realise that particle size is not the only factor, and there are things that set each surface apart from one another such as the speed of cutting, etc. Still, what could be the harm in such a list as long as the viewer realized that the list was not created to imply that one surface was "better" than another?
Is there such as list, and if not, why not create one? I'm a graphic artist, and I'd love to make one if someone would help with finding the data.