Hit the 1 year mark with my Gokumyo 20K
While I am by no stretch of any sane persons imagination skilled at honing. This for me has proven to be an excellent purchase. I have zeroed in on what for me is my favorite razor. My 7/8 NOS Otto Busch Worldmaster. Having used it(Otto) 98% for the past two months. It seems that 25-30 comfortable shaves is the norm for me. It and others are still shaving. Just not as smoothly as I would like.
After that amount of shaves a touch up is needed. And this is where the G20K is a great thing to pull out of the china cabinet. A splash of water and 20-30 strokes brings Otto or any of my other razors right back to where I like them.
I have finished all of my razors with it and it seems to do a good job on all of them. Vintage American , English , German , Japanese and Russian razors. One stainless. So far no new production ones.
For me this is a great stone. It just works. No magic or tricks needed. Just careful deliberate strokes are able to give great results.
I'll admit that I am intrigued to learn about other types of stones. But that would just be curiosity to try them. Not a need. As my Norton combos and G20K are able to get and keep my razors doing fine.
There are lots of threads on here about this stone. And what I am saying is nothing new. But I just thought I would share my experience. In that it may help anyone considering pulling the trigger on one.
Hope everone has a good New Year. Ken