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Sure, you can smooth the edges with the belt sander. On the edge of the belt, you can probably smooth out the interior of any chips so no need for the pencil.

If it's convenient, pictures are...

You CAN do more extensive work with a barber hone. In fact, you can go all the way from setting a bevel with one, but that is not its intended purpose. Its strength is in maintenance of an already...

First, continually drawing analogies with audio cable is pointless in a discussion about hones, honing, and shaving.

Second, maybe you don't think that the differences between the edges of...

The only reason that I described the visual difference was to indicate that the actual difference is not subjective. The difference is real.
I have shaved with razors honed only on barber hones for...

That really depends on you. They are different. Both are capable of producing excellent edges. Good Chinese hones (not all are the same) can create an edge that is probably a little more...

But there IS a real difference, and it clearly can be seen by the scratch pattern under a microscope. That difference is not subjective.

Along the lines of what Glen wrote, I too was "funning" when I said there was a $485 difference between the sharpness and comfort of my Asagi and my Swaty. There is a noticeable difference. It's...

Agreed.

I have a set of razors I have maintained with nothing but a barber hone for several years. They shave just fine. However, their edges are not as good as the edges I can produce with some...

Oops, I forgot to address the grit issue. The grit of a barber hone is irrelevant, because the cutting by the hone is also so dramatically affected by the density of the hone and also the binder...

The Swaty hone is always a good choice. Over 5 million of them were made, in addition to countless clones. It is known as a barber's hone, and is used strictly for maintaining, rather creating,...