Thread: Any interest in tricked out Chinese 12ks?

Ever the experimenter, I have longed for a narrower Chinese 12K and I've longed for a Chinese 12K slurry stone to expand that stone's range a bit.

Yeah yeah, I know, they're a brick, so why not use one of the edges to polish on if I want a narrow 12k? And yeah yeah, I know, rub a diamond plate on the surface of the stone and make all the blooming slurry that I want.

Nope, I want a 7" long x 1 3/8" x 7/16" thick 12K with a matching slurry stone! Much easier to hold in my hand when honing. I wants what I wants!

So I've bought a few from Woodcraft and my local rental center will rent me a stone/tile saw for $45. I'm going to do it.

Since I'll have a few extra cut this way, I wanted to know if there was anyone else that would be interested in such a modified 12K?

I haven't decided on an actual price. It would be less than the cost of a new 12K, so less than approx $40. Including shipping, probably not more than $30?

If anyone is interested, please respond here. Thanks.

Chris L

I'd be interested in a slurry stone alone, if you have one to spare.

A 4" x 1.25" or 1.5" pocket travel size wold be really useful, but I guess you are limited to what sizes you can make.

I'll see what happens when I get the saw and the 12ks, Steve. But this is the kind of feedback I'm looking for.

My thought is that this will be a limited run/experiment where those that are interested will have the opportunity to get the small number of modified 12ks and then it will be done.

If enough people also want slurry stones just to go with the 12ks they have, I would do that too.

Chris L

i would be interested in one for sure. i don't have much experience with them though so if you think i need a slurry stone then that would be good too. i have been looking for an inexpensive but competent polishing stone and i think that size sounds great. keep me posted if you don't mind.

To be clear, my idea is that every stone I cut into the 7"x1 3/8ths would automatically include a 1" x 1 3/8ths slurry stone.

If enough current 12k owners would just want a slurry stone, then I'd probably make a small number of slurry stones.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll keep track of the interest here.

Chris L

Chee, you don't need a slurry stone with the 12k. They're a great (albeit slow) polishing stone in their own right. I've dabbled with creating slurry on the 12k a bit and I like having that as an option prior to a final polish.

I am probably missing something here (I usually do) but isn't one of these close enough, especially if you cut one across the width, seem to be cheap too.

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Originally Posted by gingahippy

I am probably missing something here (I usually do) but isn't one of these close enough, especially if you cut one across the width, seem to be cheap too.

Natural Polishing Water Stone (12,000 Grit) on eBay, also Strops, Sharpeners, Shaving, Vanity, Perfume Shaving, Collectibles (end time 02-Nov-08 10:18:06 GMT)

Please don't tell me thay they are bad quality, fake or never arrive in the post, I'm waiting on one.

Same stone, different dimensions. That should work well for you. At first glance I thought the $19.99 shipping cost seemed outrageous, but then I see from the U.S. to the UK.

Chris L

I'm interested in a slurry stone.

Chris, can I make a sugestion here to save you some cash?
I bought a cheap tile hand saw. It is just a D shaped saw with a blade that is a piece of wire covered in some black stuff that is impregnated with some very coarse cutting stones.
I can gat them for less that $20 in the UK, I cut through a square inch on TOS in about 20 seconds.