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Josh, I realize you asked Lynn but if I may chime in, my experience (with thuringians, vintage and NOS, but not Eschers in particular) is that the stones are indeed softer and smoother feeling than...

One could argue that if the size of the garnet is the same, and the garnet distribution is less dense, then the force exerted from the weight of the blade would be over fewer points, thus gouging out...