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I compared both hones, and posted about it here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones/74104-muellers-thuringian-vs-chinese-natural-hone.html#post843268

Glad to hear you are getting great results out of your c12k! They really are some of the most under-appreciated hones out there.

During experimenting I also tried the diamond spray on mine a...

Heck, no Mike, it is probably one of the best purchases in your straight razor collection, if you ask me! If it really is a 12K Chinese Natural (And it certainly looks like it in the photos) then I...

Hi Alx,

Straight razor shaving is not very big in China, so the hones are not sold as straight razor hones. They are sold as excellent quality finishing hones for sushi & kosher knives,...

Looking forward to the result of your next test Rich!

I like the way you describe what it does, you're spot-on with your description, the CrOx slurry really acts like a steroid to the (already...

Interestingly, one of my C-Nats have very heavy striations of tan coloring patterns in it, and when I kick up a slurry with that one, it is even more tan than the color below. It seems like it is a...

Yes, this is definitely the case. I asked Zib (Rich) to verify what I have discovered by a lot of experimenting with my own C-Nat stone using various slurries, and his results were exactly the same...

I just received my Muellers thuringian a few weeks ago, and I will try it out soon. Supposedly it compares to the Eschers according to them. Will post about how it compares with my C-Nat after I get...

Thanks for your update Jim! Looking forward to your extensive test coming up.

My own little C-Nat just keeps surprising me every time I hone another razor with it. Lovin it!

Good idea, as soon as I can get hold of more of these babies I might just do that for slurry stones.

For now, I am just using my DMT8C to stirr up a quick slurry on the hone, then I wipe the DMT...

Well, who knows....maybe the C-Nat I have found here in Hong Kong is just the high-end quality version of the PHIG....or maybe something else.

Of what you guys are writing, some of you have the...

Personally I also believe the trusty old Chinese 12K is a brilliant stone, from what I can read. In fact, I'm going to see if I can get hold of one myself from woodcraft.

What I meant in my above...

The C-nat stones I have found here in Hong Kong still seem a bit different to the ones you guys describe. They look similar to the photos above, but the lines are not black, like most guys...

The wrapping is just plain old clear cellophane. Some has red stripes in the cellophane, and the others just plain clear. The first 2 I bought had some hand-written chinese writing on it, but the...

I don't think this one is from Taiwan, but it may well be! The shop owner's english is too limiting to figure out where exactly it is from. When I asked him if it was from Guangxi, he said yes, and...

I have an exciting new discovery to share. :dropjaw:

About 2 and a half months ago I was browsing around some of the razor and cutlery shops in Hong Kong (where I currently live), and I found an...