Thread: chosera or nainwa progression

Splash and go...Shapton GS series of stones. Naniwa SS & Norton are nice, but I like the GS's better.

I haven't had my hands on a Chosera set of stones (just the 1K), but would say it's another of those opinion things as all are capable. What you need to do, before you jump in for a full set, is literally visit some folks who have them. You will gain several things doing this: Hands on, maybe learn something, maybe make a friend. You will benefit no matter what.

If I had it all to do over again, it would be the shapton's and not the super stones or norton's.

Choseras over naniwas was the questions so since I've used both I would say the choseras easily for less lapping and much thicker stones. The only advantage IMO for naniwas is they are less costly. You know how less costly turns out right?

I have a Naniwa SS set 1k,5k,8k,12k progression. I bought that after watching both Lynn and Glenn using them. If they're good enough for those guys, they're durn sure good enough for this guy. They are what I started honing with, I still have a lot of learning to do, but they are easy for novices to use. I dulled a couple of razors on my Norton lapping stone, that were originally honed by Lynn (gasp), and I was eventually able to restore them to good shavers. Now I'm lusting after a Suehiro Gokumo 20k!

Well what you waiting for? Jump right in the waters fine! Suehiro is a great stone. I have the 15,20 and just ordered the 10.

I have a set of Norton’s, a set of Super Stones, and set of Chosera’s. Typically I use a Chosera 1k to bevel set, then switch to a 4 and 8K Norton and finish on a 12K Super Stone or a Natural Finisher.

But if I was new and buying a complete set, buy the Super Stones the difference in not in the finish, to me it is in the feel of the razor on the stone. Probably I am reading way too much into the feel but I have the stones so I can. The finish on either progression is the same… it’s the finisher that makes the shave.

Bottom line you can’t go wrong with either set, or mix and match… Super Stones are a great value.