I disagree. I've gotten great shaves off wedges with huge hone wear, taped wedges, wedges with minimal hone wear etc etc etc. Then again, I can't tell the difference between my finishers, so maybe I'm not one to talk.
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When I decided to take the plunge and hone mine, I decided that when it was 40 years old, or 60 years old, or 100 years old, someone would simply have put it on the stone and gone to work honing. That happens to be what I like--- old stuff that works. Like me and my friends.