Thread: Chinese 12k question (s)

I've owned & used two of the Chinese 12 k's for about a year and found them identical in use. 2nd one was just smaller than the first house brick size one I bought.

Extremely slow. 100 + passes, closer to 200 but slurry helps a little. I used to use a DMTC for slurry but used to lap on a sheet of glass with fine grit Auto valve grinding paste (water based). Pretty quick to lap that way.
Stiction is a problem on wedges with large bevels, as Sham said blade sticks & skips.
Really great edges for such a cheap hone but hell I'm glad I just got an Escher. Final polish gets done now in a quarter the number of strokes. I've put over 20 razors thru eBay this year & my last hone job was 8 or so razors. I can tell you I was sweating on that Escher to arrive. The China 12's give good results but are not time & energy efficient.