Thread: Made in China but not 12k so let's stop calling it 12k

Lee, I don't think it's considered PC to rip on communist China. I say I don't think, because I'm ignorant to virtually all things "PC".

Chris L

Well let's think of it from a newbie point of view.... if you were new to straight razors and you googled "Chinese 12k" vs. "guanxi" or similar..... which one is going to yield the best results?

I am completely a fan of disrupting our entire measurement system and converting everything over to SI units (base-10 just makes TOO much SENSE!!), but I think leaving the "chinese 12k" alone is a good idea.

I love my C12K.

I don't know if a G-stone would thrill me the same way

Originally Posted by Pyment

I don't know if a G-stone would thrill me the same way

Believe me, a G-stone would do it.

But, I am in favor of letting sleeping dogs lie. For me, C12K it has been and will always be.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Maybe 12k is not meant to represent a grit rating.

Maybe 12k is the communist version of the karat rating for gold

Maybe 12k represents the number of dogs that are cooked up each year to feed the peasant workers who hew these from solid rock

Let's not be hasty. Let's give our comrades in China the benefit of the doubt

Maybe its the number of stokes needed to lap the darn thing and to get your very first polished edge

I think Utopian is right. When i first started looking at hones, i just assumed that the chinese 12K was man made, do to the grit destination. It wasnt until much later, that i read that it was a natural stone.
Just my 0.2 cents.

Mac

I don't honestly believe that I will succeed in altering the designation of what I have been calling the Chinese hone. I just wanted to point out the disparity and confusing aspect of calling it by a grit designation.

I'll go ahead and go back to playing with my 12k Escher, my 15k Escher, my 16k Escher, my 16.2k Escher, my 3k-14k coticules, my 27k Nakayama Namito, my 31k Nakayama Asagi, my 36k Nakayama Asagi, and my Chinese hone.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Maybe 12k is not meant to represent a grit rating.

Maybe 12k is the communist version of the karat rating for gold

Maybe 12k represents the number of dogs that are cooked up each year to feed the peasant workers who hew these from solid rock

Let's not be hasty. Let's give our comrades in China the benefit of the doubt

I know that with AK-47s there are the Chi-Com models. How about the Chi-Com Gonzo.

It just says Chinese polishing stone on the box.

I think "Chi-Po stone" sounds good or if you prefer "Cheapo stone"

now i have to try to spell all this crap lo is me