Confused on the honing forum

[richmondesi]

Which is why God made apples and oranges. It is one of my most valued threads within the 65 I've subscribed to thus far. For those of us who love the rocks regardless of their characteristics that is completely understandable.

I know where you're coming from and that is fine too. As my grandmother was fond of saying, "Handsome is as handsome does." So I comprehend the 'where the rubber meets the road' point of view and respect that as well. Certainly the majority of members are in that camp I would guess.,

You are right. My view of hones is more utilitarian, I don't care for them in terms of anything else. I respect the opinion of those who do. It just isn't me. Before reading that response, I had the realization that some of you gents actually just like having the stones for the sake of having them, while I only care for them for sharpening razors... I guess a lot of people look at me and my straight razors the same way... why do I need to have a RW or JC custom when I could just get a run of the mill Dovo?

No disrespect meant, but as you say, I view hones strictly in a "where rubber meets the road" context.

[Jimbo]

Posts that you would have posted in the old Basic Honing forum now simply go in the hones forum (ie here). Advance Honing remains, for those questions/posts. So in reality, all that has occurred is the addition of another forum for discussion of the hones themselves.

Hopefully this will reduce certain traffic in the basic and advanced honing areas, minimise the confounding of honing and hones in threads, and enable people to more easily find information regarding their specific interests in a particular matter (eg on specific hones and their properties, or on how to use a specific hone - cross-referencing threads across forums is encouraged).

While I agree that to get the most out of certain hones sometimes requires a knowledge of certain properties of those hones, it is still the case that hones fall into broad categories from which those properties can generally be derived. The nuances surrounding embedded or free-floating rhombic dodecahedral abrasive particulates and their effect on nano-striations produced on various metals is, in general, something best removed from discussions on the act of honing (basic or advanced), although a knowledge of the effect can be useful.

James.

[richmondesi]

The honing forum the way it was, was rather messy, so we are now trying to reorganize it in a way that reduces said mess.



If you have a look, you will find any number of threads, dedicated to "hone porn" such threads do not belong in a honing topic forum.

If I participated in such a thread, the topic of use and stone characteristics would certainly come up. Like was discussed earlier, I find hones interesting only on a utilitarian context. If I saw "hone porn" I'd want to know why it's special. If I were into pretty stones, I'd not be looking at hones. That was my point. But, I now understand what JimmyHAD was saying.