I just received a new bench hone from Tony the other day. Ordered it in 3" with the handle added. Smooth leather + 0.5 on one side, balsa + 0.25 on the other.

Typical Tony quality - I'm very pleased. I used it on my favorite C. Fried Schmidt 6/8 Revisor from John Crowley, and got a great shave this morning.

I like this configuration much better than the narrower 4-sided paddle.

I have a new 100x microscope coming in the mail. Once it's here and I get one of my good razors to the best edge I can achieve... I'm going to play around a bit with pasted paddle vs. pasted linen vs. barber hone to see how long I can go before needing to hit the Norton.