Chinese 12K Hone

Anyone buy one of these from this seller? Reputable? A good stone? thanks, Rick
New Chinese Natural Water Stone Razor Hone Sharpening - eBay (item 360211941367 end time Feb-19-11 06:24:10 PST)

This is only second hand, but on B&B this vendor has been mentioned several times with no overt positive or negative comments. The stones themselves are quit polarizing. Some love them, many find them a bit lack luster YMMV. Again only second hand as I dont have one, but I did do some research at one time.

Some info on the Ch12k or PHIG

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...nese-hone.html

I have one of those stones, from that vendor, and as far as it goes for me it does a decent job of refreshing my blades now and then.

Must i lap the stone or it is flat when it comes?

Good stone, good seller, he's a straight shaver and laps the stones satisfactorily. Go for it.

How do they compare with the No. 00 Frictionite?

Minor thread resurrection here:

I just recently bought one from this seller and I'm very happy with it.

BIG HUGE CAVEAT:

So far, I've only touched up one or two edges with it and I'm not very good at honing. However, I'm having a hard time imagining a better value for the money spent here.

I bought one of his chinese hones. It does a good job, but you can get a bigger one from Woodcraft for less than $40. I got one of those also, and it is a good stone.

I have bought two of those from that seller. One 175x50mm and a 8x3". The 8x3" is really fantastic and a great finisher, the smaller one isn't that good. Both needed a lot of lapping before they were flat.

But a good seller for sure, no issues at all.