Ok so let me qualify my remarks by saying I had the privilege of watching and learning from Glen honing in person yesterday at the Denver GTG....an eye opening experience for sure. With that in mind, take everything I have to say here with a grain of salt as I am a fairly new honer, I certainly do not hone in high volume, and my technique when bevel setting still needs some work, though after yesterday I feel like I am still moving in the right direction....

I have a pretty typical setup for beginners....Norton 220/1k, 4k/8k, and a Naniwa 12k finisher. Since I have begun honing, I have found the 4k/8k and 12k to be to my liking, but have never been the biggest fan of the 1k side of the 220/1k hone. It seems to lose cutting "potency" very quickly, and to me seems slow. In fact, I find I spend a lot more time on my 4k to finish a bevel because I think I get far better feedback from that stone, and it also isn't as thirsty....as the 1k requires nearly constant attention with water even after a long soak.

So all of this brings me to the Chosera, which I watched Glen use with ease....not that this should surprise anyone, but there was some discussion about the amount of abrasive in one versus the other. I now, after some thought, am thinking about moving in that direction for my bevel setter. I know the Chosera is a well regarded stone, but I am more interested in knowing thoughts on the 1k and if I will really be pleased with the upgrade considering the up-front cost of the Chosera? I really don't like being on the bevel setter longer than is necessary and feel perhaps a faster stone will get me where I want to go. Am I correct in my observations? Might this be the path for me going forward?

Many thanks for your thoughts in advance! I have a couple of nice vintage razors now in the mail and want to get them dialed in right the first time (a lightly used vintage King Cutter, and a NOS Fili 13 DT JMP. All of this came with some frustrations on the 1k setting the bevel on a NOS DD Goldedge. Problem resolved on that one thanks to Glen!

-Ted