David Weaver
the brief comments with each picture about time spent flattening are pretty much that.

If a stone comes up short with sharpness, that'll be mentioned. In comparing most of these to the mysterious washita, where they come up short is in how long they have to be used and not fineness. Some can be fiddly to use, too (like the kitayama waterstone - it doesn't work well without lots of water and rolling slurry).

Will do on leaving the shaving out with one exception - one of these stones is going to be a graded razor stone from japan.