I enjoy reading this part of the forum. The stones you guys use are beautiful and out of my league! I am new to honing and feel like I have been doing a decent job with a King 1000/6000. However, I recently ordered a razor from whippeddog and noticed that he sells 1/4 of a stone that is available at Woodcraft. Since I wanted a whole stone and have a woodcraft nearby, I picked one up. Before use I flattened it on my Norton flattening stone and soaked it for a couple of hours. Here is my confusion. The Woodcraft stone (which is reported to be 12000) feels more coarse than my King on the 6k side. Am I confused or just wrong maybe? Can I hone razors with what I have here? If one of you guys has a minute to help out a newb, I would be grateful.

The stone from Woodcraft is on the left...
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