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Depends on the tri-hone system. I've seen a few variations. If it's the soft/hard/translucent-surgical black variety? You can get an edge on your straight that you'll love, if you burnish the...

Jnats are outside of my realm of experience. I don't own any, and haven't really had a chance to use them. So if you're asking would I choose a barber hone over a Jnat, yes - I would have to defer to...

Basically what cudarunner said. Naturals are a crapshoot, there are people with the Chinese "12K" that can't get anywhere near a 6K edge off the hone. Not all of them behave the same. Some are medium...

The ones with clay binders are specifically the ones I'm thinking of. If I had any idea a B. hone was made of resin I wouldn't attempt it for all of the reasons you mentioned. But I figure the clay...

Making an attempt to save one that's too scratched up to use otherwise is about the only reason to imo. Getting them cleaned up and burnished well enough to perform like they used to...seems to be...