So, recently I got a scotch hone with WoA and ToS which is something I have wanted for a while. Some time ago I got a small razor sized ToS that is a fantastic stone. Feels so smooth and like a light baby powder and can do really a nice job on an edge. So much so it ruined me and has caused me to gather a few ToS (white and dark) that in the end are really no comparison to my first one which is cut more like a medium thuri. Beautiful spotted ToS. Then I finally get this Scotch Hone I have wanted for some time and the WoA side is identical to my nice ToS in feel and very similar in performance. This is a little perplexing to me in my understanding of the two stones. I have seen what I would consider to be a ToS called a WoA plenty of times and just considered it either mislabeling or an artifact from when I understand they used the name WoA for the spotted ToS originally (AKA snake stone). I have heard that WoA is from same quarry and contradictorily have also heard sold by same quarry but quarried elsewhere. I am not sure that I have ever seen a WoA alone that is dark and without spots like the one side of the scotch hone.
Does anyone know more about the facts behind these stones? Were first ToS spots and all sold as WoA like I have heard? The darker side of the Scotch hone labeled as WoA - does anyone know for sure where they were really quarried? Same spot or not?
Performance is performance. Names and provenance are just nice to haves.....but I like to have them when I can and there are a lot of knowledgeable folks here, so if anyone has more info or experience to share I am curious to hear it. Thanks in advance.
Does anyone know more about the facts behind these stones? Were first ToS spots and all sold as WoA like I have heard? The darker side of the Scotch hone labeled as WoA - does anyone know for sure where they were really quarried? Same spot or not?
Performance is performance. Names and provenance are just nice to haves.....but I like to have them when I can and there are a lot of knowledgeable folks here, so if anyone has more info or experience to share I am curious to hear it. Thanks in advance.