Thread: Choice for bevel setter?

I need a hone for the bevel. I would appreciate advice. I am looking at a few:
Norton 1000. I know this is popular. The other ones I was thinking of are King 800 or Bester 1000. Also I can get Lobster hones here: There is the hard and soft type 1000 grit:Waterstones - Great Knife Sharpening Supplies
I can get these locally and to order through the mail would add around $30.

Would one be better if I also wanted to use it for knives?

Thanks

Hi there,

Just so you're aware, Lee Valley carries Nortons and they have a Calgary location.

Norton Water Stones - Lee Valley Tools

As for which is better/best, I'll leave that to the more experienced honesters here, but the Norton sure works for me.

Hello my Northern Neighbor!

When I first started learning to hone I used a King 800 to set a bevel. I’ve since given a member who needed a ‘bevel setter’ the 800.

I still use a King 1200 to set a bevel; but only on Rare Occasions!!!

The last time I used it was on this recent project:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...n-cleanup.html

The only reason I used it instead of the Norton 4K was due to the good amount of rust on the entire blade including the edge (on one side)!

I didn’t want to die of old age from just trying to get any rust pockets out of the edge with the 4K so I had ‘sound’ steel!!!

I also didn’t use the 1200 to ‘fully’ set the bevel, after checking and seeing that the bevel was forming and NO rust remained in the edge, I went straight to the 4k with slurry.

For 'Most' jobs I’ve found that by learning how to use the Norton 4k I can ‘usually’ set a bevel fairly quickly and easily!

With all of this said, having a 1K for ‘some work’ is ‘Handy’!

I have no experience with the Norton 1k but if it performs as well as its Big Brother’s the 4K and 8K, it will probably serve you well.

Smooth Shaving My Brother In Blades!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...l-setting.html

Here is a good read

For bevel setting, I use a 250/1k King combo stone. Of course, as for razors, I just use the 1k side. I also use this stone for sharpening my kitchen knives.

DMT 1200 or chosera 1k. The dmts never needs lapping. It just needs to be broken in first. The chosera is a very hard and fast cutter. And doesnt need frequent lapping. My 2 favorites. But as was said, unless you are restoring, you dont set bevels very often. Im sure a norton or king 1k would fill the need you have for less than the dmt or the chosera.

Get 1k Chosera is the best combo of speed and feedback for bevel setter that we have so far.
If you have the funds get one and you are set.
Chosera will work great on knives as well

I'm a fan of the Naniwa superstone 1000. Moves a lot of steel and doesn't scratch deeply.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Get 1k Chosera is the best combo of speed and feedback for bevel setter that we have so far.
If you have the funds get one and you are set.
Chosera will work great on knives as well

+1 on that. The naniwa superstone is quite good too but nothing beats the chosera 1k IME. Any of them will do it though, just that those two do it quicker.

+1 Naniwa SS 1k