Take this Chrisl ( parental discretion advised!)

I just picked this hone up from OLD-SCHOOL and boy is it a beauty! My scans do not do it justice! I ran two razors across this hone that I considered shave ready and it made a noticeable difference! I also ran two other razors across this hone that I could shave with, but they weren't quite up to snuff and two razors that I have been having fits with trying to hone them on a coticule and they remained slightly sub par, and on all razors this stone made a marked improvement, and each is now shave ready! One quality of this particular hone that I didn't expect was that it was a more aggressive hone than the coticule but put a finer edge on my blades than I could achieve with a coticule! I did between 40 to 100 passes on each razor with this hone which produced not only quicker results, but superior results to my coticules! OLD-SCHOOL mentioned that this hone that I purchased from him was unusual in that it was a much quicker hone than its brothers and sisters of the same name!
All in all, I am very pleased!!

That one certainly was a diamond in the rough, I should have lapped the base sooner, it is just so beautiful.

The cutting speed is truly amazing given the hardness of that stone, which does appear to have a high content of Asagi stone in it, yet a great cutting power. That is very unusual indeed, actually the gentleman I bought it from said its very rare, but I am always hesitant to use the word "rare".

Congrats!

I love mine, but it doesn't sound like it cuts as fast as yours.

Post pics and a short review in my review thread if you get the chance.

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Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

That one certainly was a diamond in the rough, I should have lapped the base sooner, it is just so beautiful.

The cutting speed is truly amazing given the hardness of that stone, which does appear to have a high content of Asagi stone in it, yet a great cutting power. That is very unusual indeed, actually the gentleman I bought it from said its very rare, but I am always hesitant to use the word "rare".

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Do you know what the cutting and polishing media are for these hones?

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Originally Posted by JMS

Do you know what the cutting and polishing media are for these hones?

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There is a little info here, this is basically all I have had time to compile at present.
I hope to gather more info/knowledge in the next few months.

Nice stone Mark:tu

Methinks I detect a well-hidden case of HAD...;)

James.

Sweet find :D I'm looking for a natural finnishing stone for my razors. While I'm looking at coticules I'm more interested in japanese stones. I have the 6k(ish) stone now and it cuts fairly well so I'm looking for a 10k+ range stone.

It sounds like this stone "family" could be what I'm looking for. Old, how often do you get these stones in? Or anything in the grit range I'm looking for...

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

Nice stone Mark:tu

Methinks I detect a well-hidden case of HAD...;)

James.

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What do you mean? I'm just a lowly collector:w

If you don't mind me asking, how much did that set you back? I have been looking for a natural finishing hone with qualities you stated (harder than a coticule, but a bit finer edge) and that piece looks like pure art...:eek:

If you would rather not say publicly, just PM me.
If you don't want to say at all, that's fine with me of course. I will respect either way.


Edit: duh I will just check out old school's page... you can still tell me your price though, I would appreciate it

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Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

Old, how often do you get these stones in? Or anything in the grit range I'm looking for...

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In my limited knowledge of grit ranges I estimated that they were all 10K and above, but was hesitant to actually state that on my site in case I was mistaken. However, I have received a lot of feedback/reports that they are well in excess of 15K.

I have 2 left, you can check them out by clicking here. The second hone has similar properties to the one JMS just bought, though not identical.

These stones aren't just rated by grit, how fast they cut is also a factor, as well as how hard the stone is.

Mine has a very fine grit, cuts pretty slow and is very hard, essentially it polishes like CrO powder, so I'd call it 30k-ish (maybe higher, maybe lower, at those levels it's hard to be exact).

Either way, they are great stones and you won't find them cheaper than O_S has 'em priced at.

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Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

In my limited knowledge of grit ranges I estimated that they were all 10K and above, but was hesitant to actually state that on my site in case I was mistaken. However, I have received a lot of feedback/reports that they are well in excess of 15K.

I have 2 left, you can check them out by clicking here. The second hone has similar properties to the one JMS just bought, though not identical.

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You're selling nice hones and the price seems right to me:tu

Congrats JMS. Very cool find. It's nice when you can get a stone that should be good but turns out to be superb. Also, those costs are right around a Shapton 30k. If they work better than a 30K, I'm all for natural over manufactured believe it or not. I don't yet have a 30K so I'm tempted to try a Japanese stone.

I've steered clear of Japanese stones on purpose to date; not because I have any doubt about their performance, but because there are so many varieties of Japanese stones they could fuel my HAD for a lifetime (How much to you figure So's collection is worth? I rest my case.) and the prob is so many are so freakishly expensive it's crazy.

JMS, maybe you can farm out your new stone to some of us on a rotating basis for all of us to try it?;):D

Last thought, I see the title of this thread and can't help but think......Yeesh, what did I do??:shrug::D:shrug:

Chris L

"What did I do?" He asks:rolleyes: You only tease us with a picture of every natural hone that you acquire! Thats what you did!!;):D

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"What did I do?" He asks:rolleyes: You only tease us with a picture of every natural hone that you acquire! Thats what you did!!;):D

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Ahhhhhhhh, I get it now! :roflmao:roflmao:roflmao

Hey, the stone you have there is beautiful; you SHOULD show it off and prance it around the forum. Very nice.

I want Ivan (Gugi) to post pics of an awesome 9" vintage coticule combo he snagged earlier this year but he won't........yet. ;-)

Chris L

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I've steered clear of Japanese stones on purpose to date; not because I have any doubt about their performance, but because there are so many varieties of Japanese stones they could fuel my HAD for a lifetime (How much to you figure So's collection is worth? I rest my case.) and the prob is so many are so freakishly expensive it's crazy.

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I would not dare hazard a guess.
Technically, most are his father's, who actually owns the stones.
The man has over 35000 hones (yes, that is right. three five zero zero zero).
All are high quality.
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Originally Posted by Bruno

I would not dare hazard a guess.
Technically, most are his father's, who actually owns the stones.
The man has over 35000 hones (yes, that is right. three five zero zero zero).
All are high quality.
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:eek:

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Wow. Millions of dollars worth of stones in one collection.

I'm being very careful knowing my disposition that my acquision disorders don't get out of hand. My litmus test so far has been IF....I start getting so attached to my stones, razors, etc that the thought of giving them up or losing them would cause me serious or even moderate emotional discomfort, I've got too much stuff and need to pare down. Others can probably amass huge collections of things and not feel in any way that the things are running their lives. I can't. Weird, huh? Me I mean, not people that collect with no ill effects.

Chris L

For me it is a zero sum game.
I make money by honing troublesome razors and restoring really bad razors, and then I spend it on hones, mostly, and other razor related things for special projects.

I only spend money that is on my paypal account. So I have no problems at all with plonking down $$$ for that nakayama I recently bought, or for the 8x3 coticule and DMT plate I bought before that, or ...
And more importantly, my wife doesn't mind either. Because in the end, I am still ahead of the game because I never spend any of my 'real' money.

I also find that I am strangely unattached to that money because it is a bit like monopoly money, which is more for keeping score than anything else.

anyway, this attitude has kept me from doing stupid things.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

For me it is a zero sum game.
I make money by honing troublesome razors and restoring really bad razors, and then I spend it on hones, mostly, and other razor related things for special projects.

I only spend money that is on my paypal account. So I have no problems at all with plonking down $$$ for that nakayama I recently bought, or for the 8x3 coticule and DMT plate I bought before that, or ...
And more importantly, my wife doesn't mind either. Because in the end, I am still ahead of the game because I never spend any of my 'real' money.

I also find that I am strangely unattached to that money because it is a bit like monopoly money, which is more for keeping score than anything else.

anyway, this attitude has kept me from doing stupid things.

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Bruno, that's EXACTLY what I do! Cool.

Chris L