Thread: Chinese Natural- Great New Discovery

I got my Chi-Com nat from Woodcraft. It seems to be a slow cutter, even with slurry. However, Zib suggested trying a drop of CrOx added to the slurry. It works MUCH better like that.

My stone is the same gray with chocolate brown/black "tiger stripes" as pictured elsewhere in this thread.

At this point, I can't see it replacing my coti/BBW. I'd like to get one of the new Thuringians to try...

Originally Posted by GeauxLSU

It seems to be a slow cutter, even with slurry. However, Zib suggested trying a drop of CrOx added to the slurry. It works MUCH better like that.

Yes, this is definitely the case. I asked Zib (Rich) to verify what I have discovered by a lot of experimenting with my own C-Nat stone using various slurries, and his results were exactly the same as mine. We both experimented with various light and heavy slurries, and found that it leaves a superb edge when used with a heavy CrOx slurry, and it cuts faster.

The CrOx slurry we both got best results from, is pretty heavy, to the point of making the top of the hone look like green paint.

Below is the way I get absolutely great results on most razors -

I set a bevel with a 1K stone, then I take my C-Nat and create a nice proper slurry with my DMT 325 on it. I hone only with the C-Nat's own slurry, diluting it to plain water. After that, I clean up the C-Nat, and coat it with a nice heavy CrOx slurry. The feedback is absolutely silky from this point on, and I dilute it once again as I hone to the point of almost plain water again. I use quite a lot of honing strokes (about 100 or so) to finish it off this way, but the final resulting edge is absolutely spectacular.