Thread: 3-Piece Sharpening Set

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Bought this on ebay and just wanted to know if they are decent stones to hone a razor on?

This is a new Chinese Hone or waterstone, used for final polishing of open razors and similar items like woodworking tools.
It is approximately 12,000 grit size.
The stone comes from the Guangxi province of China.

It measures 150 mm x 50 mm x 17 mm in depth . Stones are cut by hand, dimensions may vary slightly.
Stones are carefully selected and cut but due to their natural origin differences in visual appearance might occur.
Any such differences do not impair the stone function in any way.


It is an extremely fine stone and apart from being lapped flat and the edges chamfered it is unused (if you buy elsewhere it will not be lapped and chamfered - beware that although some people say that the stone needs flattening, it most certainly does need flattening - this has already been done for you!).

It is very hard - almost like ceramic, and it gives a really fine polished edge.
It is a slow stone, requiring 50 - 100 laps to polish the edge of a straight razor, but the results are superior smoothness - sometimes likened to a "buttery" feel.

8000 GRIT

Perfect for the blade’s smooth finish touch.
The 8000 grain will allow you to polish the edge with a mirror effect and a slippery cutting.

Only water is needed to lubricate the cutting edge
Size: 180x60x16 mm

The 5000 grit is a unique sharpening stone.

Although it's fine grit, it is designed to cut-not polish.
It leaves a refined edge that can be brought to a mirror finish quickly on the 8000 grit stone.
Use the 5000 grit stone before the final polishing, for a more consistent, longer lasting edge.

Only water is needed to lubricate the cutting edge

The grit numbers are good.
The Chinese Guangxi (often called the C12K here) stone is reported to be
slow so experiment -- sneak up to nearly 100 laps by some reports.

Probably the same as these that Sham was trying to identify, plus the Chinese. As mentioned, the Ch is slow. Slurry on it will speed things up considerably though.

Should be a good set up till the HAD gets you!

Ya HAD is next... I've moved on to JHAD, Japanese Hone AD... why is my wallet running away in terror???

You're done, son. Start figuring out storage for the coming rocks, because they take up quite a bit of space. The Chinese is a good start; I got good results from mine for months before moving up to an Escher due to a lucky antique store find. The Chinese gives a good smooth final edge, as long as the bevel is properly set and initially sharpened. That is where all the other stones come in! Have fun.

Thans to everyone on the posts I think I well on the way to spending way more than is considered sane, but as the wife said it could be worse.

You will need some extra stone between 8k and chin12. That 8k is not as fine as norton8k etc.
will take you long time get edge from this 8k to 12k level.
if you can add 10 NANIWA you should be ok .
hope this helps.

Sham,
tested the hones and I think liked them.
The 12k Chinese is the standard poor man's choice for a finisher.

Oh god you mean I will end up spend even more on hones... this is gonna be a way expensive hobby isnt it.

Originally Posted by Dllandry

Oh god you mean I will end up spend even more on hones... this is gonna be a way expensive hobby isnt it.

well if you want to find stones that give you edge you like it can be expensive. The prefinisher line up is fairly easy to figure out, naniwa super stones 1k3 or 5k, 8k. Finisher stone is where things get complicated, the popular options are:
Cheapest - chinese 12k
Reasonably priced:Naniwa Superstone 12k
A bit on the expensive side: Shapton 16k

Expensive:
Shapton 30k
Natual finishing stones

I am might be missing some stones in the list, also its relative what is cheap and what is expensive.

Really my advise learn stropping , then send your blades to be professionally honed, and only do touch ups with pastes and /or hi grit synthetic when needed. I think this can be most cost effective, because with good stropping you can use a bunch of edges for quite some time before they need to be honed again.