Guangxi River Hone for Sharpening?

Rennd

Rennd

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Any of you every use the Guangxi 12000 grit river hone on knives? If so, did you like it? If any of you guys would be able to tell me the abrasive agent as well, that would be much appreciated!
 
I bought one in 2012. It mostly produces 4-6K scratches, except a 1/3 of the times I got scratches in 200-400 grit range. This problem won't go away with multiple flattening.

For this stone of mine, it earned a :thumbdn: :thumbdn:
 
I picked one up at Woodcraft. Mine seems to be a block of slate worked very smooth. It has very little abrasive potential. Mine does more burnishing than polishing even on carbon steels, and cannot touch most stainless. I'm with blunt on this one - if I could get my $ back, I would.
 
I use mine all the time. I bought to finish my straight razors on but since I've learned to freehand sharpen knives I use it to finish them as well. 1k king, 6k king and then the 12kcnat to finish. From what I've gathered, these stones are either really awesome or terrible. I guess I got a got one.
 
I have one and it produces a very fine edge but being so hard it is very difficult to do and it's so slow it takes forever. Not worth it IMO.
 
IT has some potential used in combination with CBN or with mud generated from small Japanese fingerstones, but by itself I'm not impressed with it. Think of it as a platen for other abrasives - at best.

Ken
 
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