Thread: Chosera vs SuperStone progression.

Originally Posted by sidmind

Same here, I just placed my order and looking forward to trying it out.
That should cure my addiction for awhile, and give me a good baseline when I start testing my naturals and the ones to come.

Well I have the chosera 1,3,5,and 10. That 8 will just fit right in ....... IOW .......... I needed it ...........

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Well I have the chosera 1,3,5,and 10. That 8 will just fit right in ....... IOW .......... I needed it ...........

How do you like the 5000? I know I don't "need" it but want is a different thing. I don't see ever getting a 10 because of the cost and the SS12 works good enough, if I had not got the 12, I probably would have saved up and got the 10, but too late now.

I will also get a 400 or 600 for knives and such, even though my DMT is heavily worn it still has a nasty spot or two in it that scratches pretty bad, that and they are cheapish.

Originally Posted by sidmind

How do you like the 5000? I know I don't "need" it but want is a different thing. I don't see ever getting a 10 because of the cost and the SS12 works good enough, if I had not got the 12, I probably would have saved up and got the 10, but too late now.

I will also get a 400 or 600 for knives and such, even though my DMT is heavily worn it still has a nasty spot or two in it that scratches pretty bad, that and they are cheapish.

I;like the 5. does the job. I don't know if I'd recommend it to get it if you have something else filling that spot. I just wanted to use the same type/brand in a series. This 8k is sort of not in the series, but it is a naniwa, and y'all recommended it for performance. Funny thing is ....... when I heard it had been replaced with a new model, and the old model was better....... had to have it then.

No I don't have anything other than a Norton 4k/8k in that spot, and like you I want to keep the same type/brand in the progression, I will use the Norton until I get one, I have not heard that the old ones are better, interesting. My 3k is the new style and I love it other than being thinner and lacking the stamps, if the 5k works anything like it then I would give it a thumbs up.

Originally Posted by sidmind

No I don't have anything other than a Norton 4k/8k in that spot, and like you I want to keep the same type/brand in the progression, I will use the Norton until I get one, I have not heard that the old ones are better, interesting. My 3k is the new style and I love it other than being thinner and lacking the stamps, if the 5k works anything like it then I would give it a thumbs up.

I like that mine are thick. If I had the thinner stones I'd probably never use them enough to wear them out, but more isn't worse than less. The norton 4-8 are great stones. I have the 1" thick single grit 4/8 and still use them from time to time.

Truth be told if I had just kept the norton 4/8 combo I began with, and never bought anything else but a 12k or up finisher, I'd have been just as well off. Kind of like T.S. Elliot wrote, "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

I had a similar dilemna and I went with the Chosera 1k, superstones 2k,3k,5k,8k,10k and Suehiro Gokumyo 20k. I have a select coticule for some razors, but I'm still at sea a bit with the coti. I think though, that both your options are valid, but I was able to buy my 2,3,5,8 superstones in the 20mm size on stands, so I'm sure they will last a while.

Received my Naniwa 8000 just now. Is this a 'splash and go' stone, or is soaking recommended ?

Well Jimmy, splash water on it and see what happens.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Received my Naniwa 8000 just now. Is this a 'splash and go' stone, or is soaking recommended ?

Toss it in a bucket. If it bubbles, needs soaking. If not, splash n go?

They won't all bubble much, but if you wet the surface and it stays wet, then it's splash and go. If you repeatedly have to re-wet it, then it's likely to need more water--obviously. However, I wouldn't soak any Naniwa hone for more than a few minutes. You would be better off spraying it a few times until it stays wet.