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Well it's been a few days, a few emails, and a few posts about all of this. I don't know that there's a spat, but there certainly is a disagreement or two about a few points of interest, ideas, and...

I think your missing my point, well - actually, you are missing my point, almost intentionally so. What is missing from my end of the dialogue is an attempt to qualify every statement in a way that...

I have done a lot of testing actually - Maybe not as much testing as I'd like, or as controlled as I like, but still - a lot of testing.
Pastes are a funny thing - substrate and the amount of paste...

Disagreements expected - one might counter your opinion with an assumption of your use of aggressine pressure on the Ark to cut the bevel back to a flat surface. No disrespect intended - just sayin'...

A well done y/g Escher edge is In fact quite 'good'.
At least for me it is. Thing is - this isn't about good or better - both of which are subjective terms that are impossible to qualify or quantify...

Concerning inconsistent success, I found that there are a few things that get in the way when using a true hard Ark.
Superhard steel - like C135. - I needed a bizillion laps to finish one Ti. The...

Personally - I think barber's hones are best used as a paper weight. I've only had a few of them but none of them were worth spit to me.
I had tremendous success using a small Thuri as a barber...