Advice with King Japanese water stones
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Originally Posted by
GeorgeyBoy
Glad to hear your honing went well. I am also using a King set-up from Lee Valley. A combo 1000/4000 and the 8000. I am a begginer and bought a razor from whipped dog to guage my honing. I have yet to get my edge to shave as close as Lynn's razor does. I am just guessing that barber hone made the difference in your honing. I have been thinking about pucking up a Naniwa 12000 to get a finer polish. What I noticed with the King stones (with my minimal experience) is they respond better to standard hone rotation, low grit to high. The pyramid technique doesn't work as well on these stones. And remember I am a beginner. I get a good shave out of these hones, but it takes three passes to do what what Lynn's razor does in two, and with less irritation. Im glad you started this thread, I was almost starting to think I made a bad choice getting the King hones.
You shouldn't need the 12 k to get an excellent shaving edge the 8 k should be giving you that. A 12k will only give slightly better edge then the 8 k. If your not maxing out the 8 k the 12k won't really help.
For the pyramid system your going to need to increase the number of laps some. The king stones cut slightly slower then the Norton's.