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No it isn't. The barber in my sig was Tom Coppetto. The barber who sold me the hones was Frank Natale. Both very old guys who cut hair into their seventies when I knew them. The thing in my sig...

One way to measure it is if it is working. If your razors are getting as sharp as you want them to be without excessive or uneven wear. IOW, if it works no need to fix it. Fun to speculate though. :)

Back in the early '80s a barber sold me a Swaty and a coticule. He demonstrated how to hone and he taught me how to strop. He told me to use the Swaty dry and the coticule with lather or water and...