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Thanks for all of the info guys. It helps clear some things up before I sink some more money into fleabay!

Well it sounds like the novaculite is a chert, which is basically super-fine grained (microgranular) quartz. Some of the finer japanese stones sound like they are a mudstone. Mudstones can contain...

Wow that SWATY looks nice.

Too bad I'm almost done my degree; doing a project on the geology of whetstones would have been fun.

Just noticed the second part of your post Chris.

Actually I'm in Canada, but my field area is in the U.S. and my prof knows a fair bit about American geology. I'll look into it. Funny that you...

Would 800 be enough or would you want to go to 1000?

Is it easy to tell whether a barbers hone is of the porous variety?

Thanks for the info.

Hey all,

After poking around on the site for a bit it seems like the most economical thing for me to get started with honing is a barbers hone off of e-bay or the like. I'm getting my first razor...