Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
Not really, although I find a Chinese 12K does have issues with suction.
Meaning suction is hard to achieve on that stone? When I use it, the razor almost feels like it floats over the stone on a film of water.


Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
I think you should be able to obtain suction on any 3 inch wide stone, but having not tried them all I don't know for sure. The garnet shape and spacing probably effects how long it takes to get suction.
Only my Norton is a 3 inch stone. My coticule, thuringen and Chinese 12K are all about 2 inches wide. As I said, I haven't achieved suction on any but the coticule, so I guess my technique still needs work. My mustache and chin whiskers are telling me the same thing!