Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
Actually, it's from the Guangxi region, but until another one is found, I'd rather stick with "Chinese."
That's reasonable enough. Weren't Thuringian hones referred to as "German Water Hones" and coticules as "Belgian Hones"? So referring to the stone by the country it came from certainly makes sense. I honestly have no idea how the "12k" got tacked on at the end...