Thread: 1k Chosera or 1k King Stone

The premise of the OP seems to be that honing a Gold Dollar will cause excessive hone wear, so he does not want to use his Naniwa 1K. I presume he is referring to a SuperStone or Specialty Stone. If a Gold Dollar razor had super hard steel, then removing a lot of steel might cause excessive wear. Gold Dollar blanks are not particularly hard, so you can remove metal rather easily. I have set the bevel on several Gold Dollar razors (both carbon and stainless steel) on my Naniwa 1K sharpening stone (3/4" thick new superstones). They were then finished on a series of Naniwa stones from 2K...12K.

A lot of that wear on the hone can be eliminated by taping the spines of the razors.

It won’t hurt the stone, and some Gold Dollars are very hard, really that’s the only good thing about them.

Just hone with the spine off the stone, using your finger or thumb as a guide to remove metal, once you are close, tape the spine with 2 layers and correct the bevel, spine on the plate.

This is not honing, this is repair work. A 3-400 diamond plate will get grunt work done fast and efficiently, a 1k plate saves a lot of 1k hone time.

Once repairs are completed, then hone on any 1k, you may have to remove a bit of the edge to get to solid steel, so keep an eye on it for chipping.