Thread: Poor edge after 12k Chinese stone

Originally Posted by rodb

I've had three C12K's, two from Woodcrafters and one from the Polish seller on Ebay.
They are all different with the Ebay one being the best, it will give a REALLY good edge, one from WC was just average, the other fairly good

You might have to try a few to get a really good one

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http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...nese-hone.html

You didn't mention how much success you've had with a finishing stone before, but did say you're new at this, so is this a first attempt? I'm also new, and got thrust into honing after my very first shave. I managed to nick the strop and roll the edge severely, so I had to start with a 1K to get past the chunk that fell out of the blade and then go to the 4K. Once it looked good under a 10x loupe, I did about 15% more on the Norton 4K and 8K than Lynn suggested in his pyramid progression, due to the fact that my Dovo is a stainless. THEN, after 30 on my 16K Shapton, I wasn't satisfied with the edge at all! So I did 30 more on the Shapton, but this time I tried to start light and end even lighter on the pressure. That seemed to do the trick.