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Thuringian are from Germany, these welsh wanabee thuri are from the UK.

[QUOTE=Jeltz;944243]Well today I've received a few hones from AJ, primarily to do a direct comparison of the performance of the Green and Purple from the Tri Hone Set but he has also sent me the...

Im with you on that one!! But i must say i did chat with him via e-mail and he seems like a nice fellow! but what bothers me
he sold a few Magog Oilstone for very good money when i truly believed...

If the pasted strop is the finisher why not go to that right off the 8k then........ i dont think it would be a comparable shave dont you think!!

I never heard of anybody using slurry on a CF, and once again makes no sense what so ever.Im sure Sham tested more CF then most, but do you really think that all of us here using CF are full of it, i...

I dont know why someone would say that coticules are not good finisher when so many loves them, in Europe mostly in France,
the coticule honing followed with pasted strops is the norm. And that 5...

Well i dont know your experience with honing but i know sham is quite experienced, on the same note he also said that CF and
LI are not suited for razors, witch trouble me!!

I still dont understand why so many had good results and your pretty much the only one with horrendous results!!!

Did you lap all 3 stones before using them?

There is a break in period with all diamond plate, but they last a long time without any lapping and such...... i had my 3 dmt
for woodworking tools for a long time and so far i can see that they...

In the past used a diamond plate in the 1200 grit range that leaves quite a scratch pattern that does require some work on the progression to remove, but for a damaged razor they work great removes...

I think its been written a few times that the difference between the Lynn and the darker stone is minimal, on the other hand i do use a Lynn Mellynlyn and honing on that hone with oil instead of...

Well Neil,
I have a Yellow Lake Oilstone, and its nowhere close to a thuringian and its not grey mostly black, from england in the box.
Nevertheless for me its a wonderful pre finisher and im sure...