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Alright!! I spent a little time figuring out this 12k stone so I could shave with it tonight. I took an H.M. Christensen razor that was already shave ready and did around 20 light laps on each side...

I would be not be reluctant to say this is pretty much an end all be all stone. I haven't tried treating it like a jnat yet to see what happens.

Ok, she is here. Needed a lapping real bad. This puts the final coffin nail into my DMT lapping stone. I was just able to get a mirror finish evenly throughout the top of the stone just before my...

Oh I'm totally into it for the love too but not at those prices for a 25 -30k when I can get a nice Nakayama instead. That is true love!:beer1:

If I can match the scratch pattern I saw on that Hart with the 12k I'll be one happy camper!:beer1:

I tend to use my rubber base for just about all my stones so no need to worry about Nortons not fitting correctly or buying a secondary base.

Ok, yea, we're definitely on the same page. That was exactly what I thought it was. In between perfect and too sharp. Lets you know it's there, but for me then it is usually too late.
Well after...

What is crisp anyway? Perfect? A little too close?

Great info, thanks.
So if PL is finding it crispy, is he doing any kind of stropping afterwards? Wouldn't that have some effect on the final feeling of the shave?
I just started using strops a...

Ooops,"bought" not buoght...lol!
I know, right? What? You don't already have one?!
Yes, I've been putting off getting one because I didn't really think I needed it because I have so many other...