Thread: New Cretan hone

The softer one, the white, it's not a 2-3k approximate grit, it's quite finer actually. It's the speed that makes it feel like a coarse one because of the metal it removes. I have tried dozens of soft white stones, and the edge is quite similar to a Norton 8k.
If you use it with pressure, it will cut coarsely, but with no pressure, just the weight of the razor, it leaves an edge that you can shave with it. The Cretan stone is "pressure sensitive" to an extreme degree. The more pressure you use, the more metal it removes, and the lighter the touch the finer the edge.