Thread: ZY Razor hone - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly...

How much was it?

I want to say I paid $16 for it. Free shipping.

Can't beat that!! Nice score!

Make that 20 w/ free shipping.

And yeah, not bad for an extra cheap Chinese rock. I think it's from the same people that make Gold Dollars and of course ZY razors. I honestly thought I lit 20 bucks on fire. Especially when the rock split in my hand.

In retrospect, perhaps a better route would be to buy the thinner $4-$5 slabs and glue it immediately to a wood backer when it arrives. Still, that isn't too shabby for a stone I paid next to nothing to obtain.

Yep, your a winner all around there, especially now that you have two. It makes a good edge so far, who knows where you'll be able to take it once you dial it in. Same thing with my cnat, ILR and Vermio. I can pull edges off of those that will stand with the best.

I do likes my Cnat - the Guangxi/C12K/PHIG. Also good point about dialing it in...I didn't think about it, but all I've really done with it is the same set number of laps I use with my Cnat. Most of my stones I know well enough that I can estimate off the cuff. But I guess treating it like it's a Guangxi when it isn't is probably not getting the most out of the stone. Good lookin out!

Edit: not sure about having 2 yet, still slowly lapping away at the back side lol!