Some years back I bought a swatty barbers hone from a guy in Alaska and set it aside. I dug it out today and lapped it. I read somebody's comment that they though barber hone grits were 8k at best. This one seems finer than my Norton 8k by a little bit. Tried stroking a razor on it and seemed to work fine. I thought small handheld would not work for me but this one seemed good. With a full set of stones in the work shop, I don't see much call for the swatty. Guess it will get set aside and pulled out again in a few years.
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They can put a shareable edge on a razor.
Norton's 8K is equivalent to Naniwa's 5K.
Everybody doesn't define K exactly the same way.
If someone likes a stone, they like it, that's that.
But If I had to choose between touching up a tugging edge on my Snow White or a Swaty, I will choose the Snow White every single time.
The Swatys I've owned weren't all that fine, really, the striations tell the story. They will make a failing edge cut better but they aren't all that relevant in today's market; the 2 µm Shapton G7 is a big step forward.
I have shaved off Swatys but I have shaved off my Shapton Pro 1.5k too.
I like Swaty hones, they're kinda like historical functional art.
But If I had to choose between touching up a tugging edge on my Snow White or a Swaty, I will choose the Snow White every single time.
The Swatys I've owned weren't all that fine, really, the striations tell the story. They will make a failing edge cut better but they aren't all that relevant in today's market; the 2 µm Shapton G7 is a big step forward.
I have shaved off Swatys but I have shaved off my Shapton Pro 1.5k too.
I like Swaty hones, they're kinda like historical functional art.
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