I have a gold cap on a tooth. My dentist has used red rouge , aka " Dental Rouge " to polish it to a new condition for 30 years. He just retired, gave me a chunk of it, and now I use it myself.
Nothing has been taken away from my love of films, but I have added to the bountiful cornucopia of my honing harvest. The JNat is in no way superior in terms of shave quality etc. than a well done film edge, nor is it any worse (except it's more labor intensive, it would seem), I've added some Harbor Freight diamond plates to my bevel setting regime, a Japanese synth to polish that up, follow that with some film and finish on paste, a JNat, pure leather.......whatever....the world is now my oyster.
Free your hones, and your mind will follow...
Well Alx, you've been waiting 5 years more than you've needed to. Check the date on Seraphim's post .I have been waiting for years for you to fall into the fold.
Alx