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You are absolutely right, you did say Swaty knock off not Swaty. Although I still stand by my statements about barber hones and their relative working grits I appologize for not reading your post as...

That is not where the confusion lies. 2-3K is still less than 4K; a normal barber hone should not be at or below 4K. Definately not a Swaty. It is possible that you have a very course type of barber...

I know that you are telling me what you saw under your microscope. In your post you said it looked to be about 1K and you asked if "that sounds about right?" and I said that it does not sound right...

FWIW I am really not a big fan of the Radio Shack microscopes because the resolution is so poor. I really don't think that what you see in the microscope is a good representation of the grit of your...

No this does not sound correct. Most barber hones are supposed to be in the 6K-8K range and possibly even higher. The Swaty barber hone is a touch up/finishing hone that should be in the 8K ballpark....