Thread: Choice for bevel setter?

They can. But how often do you need that? Get a king for that or something.

I hear ya but Im starin at this nice green 1 inch thick slab of stone that I cant use!

The Chosera 1k is very good, and is a great combination of the Shapton on Glass stones and the Naniwa SS. To me it feels like it has the softness of the Naniwas with the cut of the Shaptons. I've also found that this stone plays very well with all the other main makes (Norton, Naniwa and Shapton). At the last London RazorCon I used a load of different stones and they all worked really well with the Chosera 1k as a bevel setter.

However: My go to bevel setter is the Shapton 1k. I've used both the Naniwas and the Shaptons, and I've found the Naniwas are good for softer steels and hollow grounds but the Shaptons will do it all, and are faster cutters and dont warp when they get wet. It used to drive me nuts trying to hone a huge Sheffield wedge on the Naniwa SS's, and having to keep soaking and cleaning them.

So 99% of the time now I just go 1/4/8/16k Shapton, then an Asagi. And the reason I dont use the Chosera as much is that the Shaptons all play well together as they're part of a set.

Originally Posted by Stubear

The Chosera 1k is very good, and is a great combination of the Shapton on Glass stones and the Naniwa SS. To me it feels like it has the softness of the Naniwas with the cut of the Shaptons. I've also found that this stone plays very well with all the other main makes (Norton, Naniwa and Shapton). At the last London RazorCon I used a load of different stones and they all worked really well with the Chosera 1k as a bevel setter.

Stu,
Naniwa makes the Chosera line. It has the same type of abrasive as the Super stones but different binder with higher concentration.

Originally Posted by bill3152

I hear ya but Im starin at this nice green 1 inch thick slab of stone that I cant use!

Maybe you can't use it now but you only have to lift the toe end of the razor slightly & a 3" stone can become as narrow as you want.
Just takes some practice.

I was thinking of the Norton 1000 and the King 800. I have heard these were very thirsty. what is your experience with these? I have experience with the King 1200 Deluxe, how would they be compared to this?
Also wondering about the Arashiyama 1000 stone.

Thanks

Chosera hands down.

Originally Posted by binder

I was thinking of the Norton 1000 and the King 800. I have heard these were very thirsty. what is your experience with these? I have experience with the King 1200 Deluxe, how would they be compared to this? Thanks

I've used the King 800 and the 1200 and both are initially Very Thirsty Mothers!

With that said, I just plan ahead and get them soaking! I don't find that they dry out much when in use, but I do keep a spray bottle of water to use when I'm honing regardless of what hone I'm on.

I hope this helps!

I like to use a DMT for setting a new bevel. I don"t have a Chosera and I hear very good comments about it, but I do have a shapton glass stone 1000k, a Norton 1000k and a Naniwa 1000k and let me tell you this, the DMT is alot faster than those 3. If you are going to use it on knives it is perfect for those new and very hard steels such as S30V, D2, CPM-M4 and others.

Which DMT are you using? If its anything less than a 1k grit then of course it will be more useful for setting a bevel on a brand new razor. Myself, I've only used my DMT on a brand new razor that has never had a bevel set..and by brand new I mean custom.