Thread: Refreshing with a 12k stone

Simple question. Blade leading or trailing when refreshing on a 12k stone and while I'm asking how many passes?

Leading. I would try a total of about 20 (10/side) and go from there.

With light to no pressure.

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.

Was your blade taped previously if so you will need to tape it for resfreshing also.

Originally Posted by JimmyWetshaver

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.

Originally Posted by Utopian

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.

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.

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

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.