Thread: Chinese Natural- Great New Discovery

Good idea on slicing it into two hones. I have a slurry stone already. I guess that I could sell the other half since there's not enough years left in this body to wear even half of a CH12K out

Originally Posted by zib

I"ve probably handled more "Chinese 12k's" than anyone, except the people who mine them... There are variences from stone to stone...Since we're talking Hong Kong here, I would rule out that they may in fact be a close cousing to the aformentioned C12k..

That should read, "I would NOT rule out, that they might be a close cousin to the Chinese 12k....


BTW, I'd imagine you can use a Chinese 12k slurry for these hones, no problem...If anyone needs theirs cut, I have a wet saw, and would do it for free...You pay shipping...

I'd be interesting in a saw cut slab of People's Hone or Hong Kong hone, and would help pay shipping to our dear friend Zib. PM for questions, answers, and concerns. (mod's, is that cool?)
I played with one a while ago but was far too inexperienced to get anything meaningful out of it.

SO I picked one of these up from leadingedge just before I left on holiday, and I got one of the Chinese hones from Open Razor on eBay around the same time.

I just got around to lapping the one from Leadingedge for comparison.

I've only done some preliminary tests, but the similarities are marked.


This is the one from Open Razor:



And from LeadingEdge:



A short test honing session yielded results that are so close I couldn't tell the difference myself. The one from LeadingEdge felt a touch softer in raising slurry, but other than that I couldn't tell one from the other myself.

More testing is called for, though, because it was just a short hone test.

Thanks for your update Jim! Looking forward to your extensive test coming up.

My own little C-Nat just keeps surprising me every time I hone another razor with it. Lovin it!

How does it compare with Müller's grindstone?

Originally Posted by ferroburak

How does it compare with Müller's grindstone?

I just received my Muellers thuringian a few weeks ago, and I will try it out soon. Supposedly it compares to the Eschers according to them. Will post about how it compares with my C-Nat after I get a chance to experiment properly.

Originally Posted by leadingedge

I just received my Muellers thuringian a few weeks ago, and I will try it out soon. Supposedly it compares to the Eschers according to them. Will post about how it compares with my C-Nat after I get a chance to experiment properly.

Hi,
Thanks for the fast reply. Have you seen such a stone in HK:

New Chinese Water Hone / Waterstone for Straight Razor | eBay

Originally Posted by ferroburak

Hi,
Thanks for the fast reply. Have you seen such a stone in HK:

New Chinese Water Hone / Waterstone for Straight Razor | eBay

A tan PHIG! Interesting!
Anybody have one of these?

ferroburak, that's probably just the same old Guangxi type but with the color off, I doubt the stone is yellow/green like that.

If it is someone should test it