Hello everybody,

As new into straights, I bought some chinese stones from ebay.de like 6 months ago, I didn't know by then.. Its a combo 4/8 synthetic and a 12k natural one. Since then, I've honed many razors with them: The 4k I use for a bevel setter and it doesn't take so much time after all, I think, to get the job done. The 12k is a very slow cutting stone but it seems to give a smooth polish in the end..

That way, I manage to give a sharp edge considering HHT and TPT and finally by the shaving test. The blade slides nicely, cutting through whiskers effortlesly, so I guess that's a descent result.

So, considering the fact I never used any Nani's or other popular stones to know what They can do, the question is: do I really lose some edge performance because of the low quality of the chinese hones or its just the extra time that it takes to hone a razor with them?? or better, Is a chinese ebay stone capable of giving a theoreticaly perfect edge on a blade?

cheers