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Heh, unfortunately the direct-from-China stones I've seen that cheap are three 1/3" slabs glued together. Were that not the case I'd happily suggest those as an alternative in the Cnat Lotto game....

Another option I've seen bandied about to create slurry is those small 1"x4" translucent Arkies. Hard as Arkies are, I can see them working fairly well to dig up some mud.



Second page. It was...

Bit of a late thought but...I'm not sure what about that thread scared you away from Novaculite, but I wouldn't write it off just yet. As far as natural stones go, in my opinion they're the most...

Amen. You don't need 20 some odd hones to get the jobs done. Or even a set of the most expensive hones on the market. A lot of folks that have those expensive synthetics end up finishing on a Natural...

I noticed it's a bit pricier too. King is sort of an outlier, but also proof that decent hones can be had for not a lot of money. As for the Steelex, I still can't say it's good or bad. I see reviews...

There's a few of us here that love our Arkansas stones. Little bit of shameless self promo:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones/131904-arkansas-adventures-4.html

Post 35 goes into gross detail...

Can't rightly say as I've no experience with that hone, nor have I read anything about it.

If it suffers what many low cost hones or other hones that we generally don't use for razors do, the 1K...

There are a few reasons for the feed back on the C12K. First and foremost that it isn't 12K, naturals can't really be grit rated. Second, natural stones vary from one to the next. Some Cnats make a...