Thread: Chinese Hone

Hi

I'm looking for a finishing stone to use after my 4000/8000 norton. I've found this 12000 natural stone at classicshaving.com:

Natural Polishing Water Stone (12,000 Grit)

What do you think about it? Have you tried it?

I'm also thinking about a "belgian coticule" stone or maybe a Naniwa 12K stone.

I'm just going to throw this out there.

chinese site:straightrazorplace.com - Google Search

I have a Chinese 12K. I think it's a good stone.

Thnx for the quick reply, so it seems both work but the coticule is way faster than the chinese.

I've used them and sold what I had. Not going to say "bad" things about them, but you would more than likely be much more pleased & get more consistent results with a Naniwa 12K or Shapton GS 16. Eschers are about as good as they come, but the collectors are driving the prices up to plum-crazy prices.

Are they worth it? Learn one of the synthetic finishers then decide if you want to try one. Natural stones are a little more difficult to learn as each stone has it's own "personality". Then decide....

A coticule wouldn't be much of a improvement over your Norton 4/8...

I agree with Shooter, There can be a lot of variances between Coticules. The C12k is slow. If I had to pick one, I'd go with the Naniwa 12k.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

A coticule wouldn't be much of a improvement over your Norton 4/8...

I'd have to disagree, qualifying my different opinion with my own experience. I have used several, and while I can not estimate their grit accurately, they all provided a significantly smoother shaves than my Naniwa 8K, which is not a Norton 8k but similar. Granted it depends which coticule you get, but they certainly can improve an 8K's edge. Some people here finish on them alone. I prefer the Escher.

Originally Posted by VictorARJ

Hi

I'm looking for a finishing stone to use after my 4000/8000 norton. I've found this 12000 natural stone at classicshaving.com:

Natural Polishing Water Stone (12,000 Grit)


What do you think about it? Have you tried it?

I'm also thinking about a "belgian coticule" stone or maybe a Naniwa 12K stone.

I have both... go for the superstone if you have a choice.

For the price the chinese hone is as good a natural "fine" bargain
hone as you can get. You may want to look in the above Classified to see
if there are still some slurry stones for it available (speed it up). They vary
as all naturals do and the better ones are good slow rocks.
Natural finishers that best it cost 20-50 times as much perhaps more.
True fine natural finishers are rare....

I also have a Naniwa 12K Superstone and it is worth the extra price.
If you can afford it, a Superstone would trump a Chinese12K.