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    Simple question. Blade leading or trailing when refreshing on a 12k stone and while I'm asking how many passes?
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    Leading. I would try a total of about 20 (10/side) and go from there.

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    With light to no pressure.
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    Yeah, the Guangxi takes a _lot_ of laps. It's likely you'll need to hear from someone who has experience w/ your brand of 12k, as they won't all cut at the same rate.
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    Was your blade taped previously if so you will need to tape it for resfreshing also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyWetshaver View Post
    Leading, no pressure, as said. How many laps depends on the stone. My 12k (Guangxi waterstone) I have found requires a lot more laps than I initially thought it would, I need to do 25 per side at least. When im honing from bevel set on believe it or not my 12k requires well over 50 laps and at times I have even done up to 100.
    I realize this is beating a dead horse, but your Guangxi stone is not a 12k. As a natural stone, it has no grit rating. The character of a stone depends on a lot more than just the size of its "grit."

    To the OP, what 12k hone do you have? Assuming that it is a Naniwa SuperStone 12k, a currently common favorite, you can start with 10 to 15 no pressure strokes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    I realize this is beating a dead horse, but your Guangxi stone is not a 12k. As a natural stone, it has no grit rating. The character of a stone depends on a lot more than just the size of its "grit."

    To the OP, what 12k hone do you have? Assuming that it is a Naniwa SuperStone 12k, a currently common favorite, you can start with 10 to 15 no pressure strokes.
    LOL, as we once discussed, this is the only natural stone assigned a grit rating.......contrary to every other thread on naturals stating quite strongly that naturals can not be categorized with grit ratings.
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    Please recognize that my objection to assigning a grit rating to the stone does not in any way correlate with my opinion of the stone. Though I am not a fan of things from China, the Chinese hone is a great bargain when considering the quality of edges this cheap hone can produce.

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    Do you use the SR directly after the finisher stone, or get it to pastes before stropping?

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    It might be worth checking out some vids before you start, but as has been said leading, blade weight only, do maybe 10 laps and give it a go, if you need more you can always repeat for the next shave, or even during the shave i suppose.
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