Thread: How To Cut a Chosera 1k?

Hey Fellas,

I'm having some trouble with my coticules lately. I notice after stropping I can get almost there, just passed violin hht on a good day. It's a gold dollar razor, so I know without any modification to it, I really need to buy some ebay specials.

So, here's the thing. I need a good bevel setter. I don't really have one. I got a little impatient with the Gold Dollar and went straight to the DMTC, and, while fast, isn't really my sort of thing.

So I'm set on buying a chosera 1k, but I hate the size. It's just me, I like to hand hone. My ideal size is a 130mm x 70mm.

Does anyone know of any vendors willing to cut it for me? If not, is it possible to cut the stone on my own? I don't have any tools...

Feedback appreciated!

If you haven't purchased one yet, I would try it as the whole shebang and try to get used to the size. If you hate it at that length, I think it will be a messy PITA to cut it down, although a decent saw should do it. However, any machine shop with a bandsaw can probably do it. How much they'll charge you is dependent on how long it takes them. I would still be hesitant to do that as someone with no knowledge of stones may rush it and butcher it... I think I remember seeing someone cutting a Norton 4/8 lengthwise, dunno if there was a tutorial for it....

I could be wrong, but I would imagine that would require a wet saw. I could see things ending rather poorly if you took a bandsaw to a hone.

Biggest waste of time I ever did

But yes I cut a full set of Nortons down using a hacksaw and 24 TPI blades

The 220/1k was actually pretty easy so I would hope that the Chosera might be for you

Sum Fun

Originally Posted by Marshal

I could see things ending rather poorly if you took a bandsaw to a hone.

Hey, that's what Harbor Freight is for!

I didn't think about going oldschool and using a handsaw. I guess I've been spoiled by access to power tools. Sounds less than fun, but entirely doable.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Hey, that's what Harbor Freight is for!

I was more worried about the Chosera than the saw/blade lol. Last I checked bandsaw blades weren't too expensive to replace once they dulled. But if the heat buildup compromised the hone in some fashion it would be a bad day.

Well I was thinking of a metal cutting band-saw, which cuts much more slowly. You could always spray water at the cutting site for cooling and you also could stop occasionally to check for heat build up. Then again, I think a hacksaw would be a better way to go.

Realistically though, the larger real estate of the full size hone is advantageous for bevel setting and I occasionally do that while holding the hone in my hand, so it can be done.

Carbide coated hacksaw blade under running water works fine. I have hand cut some pretty hard J-Nats with mine, the Chosera will be easy compared.
Something like that will work fine
https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-15-41...+hacksaw+blade

However, in the grand scheme of things, cutting the stone should be moot. Starting with the hone in hand is adding another variable to honing. In my mind, it is like lapping a stone with the sandpaper in one hand and the stone in the other. I'm sure it's feasible, but not the easiest way to go about things...

I went back to your first post, and you mentioned a king 1k. That should be fine for bevel setting.... Or if you got the Norton 4/8, you can use the 4 to set bevels and shave off the 8k side pretty easy. Jumping into a coticule pool is not easy, yours may be a great one or a not so great one, especially if you're working of a possibly microchipped edge from a diamond plate. There's a bunch of information in the thread you started in January that will help you out and is still applicable.

Honing has a required learning curve, and it seems to me you're making it a little steeper than it has to be...

Actually there is one distinct advantage to honing with the hone in hand. It serves as a self-adjusting shock absorber allowing the hone to slightly rock to adjust to a slight mis-stroke.