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What's crazy?
You'd be better off just cleaning the barber hones with a scotch-brite pad. If you do want to lap it, then the Atoma would be fine.

Agreed. The chipping is more suggestive of a synthetic hone but the colorization makes me think it is natural. :shrug:

It's a real barber hone, but Swatys were made in Europe. Because of their popularity, other manufacturers made similar hones and imprinted them with "Swaty." That does not mean they are of lesser...

The Pike Swaty is an imitation Swaty. It is a perfectly good maintenance hone, but it ain't no 15k. If I remember correctly, its scratch pattern is about equivalent to something less than an...