Thread: Can I finish and maintain with a C12K stone?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Edit: Here is the "Definative" chart, that thread was 2009,, here is the problem with these Charts, it is wrong since that was made, and everyone thought that the Norton 8k was the same as any JIS 4k, which anyone honing razors knows isn't true.. Somebody took the time to find out that Norton's are JIS rated..

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...n-sheet-2.html


Back to the simple way of looking at it, "Grit" ratings are there to compare hones of the same series from the same maker...

Wow, a lot of technical stuff there. Well, techy for me. It would be nice to find some quantifiable way of determining what is what between stones. I guess it would still not matter since the end user will always have a subjective experience of a stone. Quantifying would also lose the mystery of each stone. I mean isn't that part of the mystique with naturals. It goes beyond a chart or gradiation, leaving the visceral component left. The exploration of steel and stone. The adaptation of skill and knowledge to an unidetifiable component that is found in each natural.

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Wow, a lot of technical stuff there. Well, techy for me. It would be nice to find some quantifiable way of determining what is what between stones. I guess it would still not matter since the end user will always have a subjective experience of a stone. Quantifying would also lose the mystery of each stone. I mean isn't that part of the mystique with naturals. It goes beyond a chart or gradiation, leaving the visceral component left. The exploration of steel and stone. The adaptation of skill and knowledge to an unidetifiable component that is found in each natural.

Way simpler " Synthetics are an Exact Science, and Naturals are a Romance"