Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
I’ve used the King 800 and 1200 for many years. They were initially purchased for sharpening knives.

When I started honing razors I found them very reliable! I’ve since helped a friend and given him my 800 and so now when the time comes I use the 1200 for the major work bevel settings.

With that said, normally I use the Norton 4K!

I’ve followed Glen’s counsel and used the DMT to make slurry. At first I tried the credit card size but that was a bust!

When I lap the King I leave a very thick slurry. However! I rinse the residue off of the DMT and allow that water to dribble down onto the stone. This allows it to become a lot thinner. I also do my initial ‘circles’ and straight up and down the hone using the original slurry but before starting to go to X-strokes, I further dilute the slurry.

For me, the King 1200 delivers a huge bang for the buck!

With that said, I’d love to be able to afford the chosera1K but what I have works and it works very well for me! And No! I don’t find it ‘slow’! It’s always cut very fast for me!

My counsel would be to spend the money on the DMT 325 and a stone holder for it as it’s a real work horse! Not only for lapping stones and making slurry but for major damage repair!
Yea I like them so much I have 3 king deluxe 800 and 3 king deluxe 1200 and two unknown grits from them.
I do all and must my shopping in the used markets. really proud of the time I paid only 10 bucks for a king 800 and 10 bucks for a king 1200 stone on ebay.
I might even start buying my clothes in the used markets too theirs people in the world who buy pricy clothes and only wear them once.