Thread: 1k Chosera or 1k King Stone

Yea, seriously a 400/1k diamond plate from Chef’s Knives to Go, $35.

Then any 1k will smooth it out. I think the King with slurry is more aggressive than a Chosera.

But as said you will most probably need to remove some steel. Once you get the geometry straightened out and the stabilizers ground down, you can make them shavers.

The scales are Crepe, and the blade design is clunky and poorly ground, but, it is the cheapest “Razor Kit”, on the market.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Yea, seriously a 400/1k diamond plate from Chef’s Knives to Go, $35.

I think the King with slurry is more aggressive than a Chosera.

I think so too. I have had a king 1k for a very long time and find it faster then the new 1k pro I just got. I like the feel of the pro better and the size. That is about it.

I had a couple of GD's a while back and until you get the stablizer and possibly the shoulder ground down some you will not get the bevel set at the heel of the blade as it won't lay flat on the hone. Once those problems are solved they do hone up to be fairly decent razors.

Since you already have a 1K hone I would opt for the diamond plate as mentioned above instead of another 1K hone, that way you will have something to remove metal and lap your hones.

Would a product like this be suitable? I find these products don't give grit size...just coarse, fine, extra fine, and extra extra fine.

https://www.fendrihan.ca/products/dm...extra-fine-d8e

The 325 grit DMT D8C is more commonly used.

https://www.fendrihan.ca/products/dm...8x3-coarse-d8c

I don't get the translation between microns/mesh and grit...can someone explain that for me? And why are diamond stones measured in microns instead of grit?

DMT, work fine, but the CKTG is 400 and 1k for half the price. They last just as long as the DMT and produce much the same finish, at the same grits.

The D8E is about 1200 grit, you will still need a 3-400 grit for heave stock removal and as said use to lap your stones.

That seems a bit pricy for the D8E, which can be found for about $50-60.

The CKTG plate, I believe is the I Wood dual plate and can often be found on Ebay for about the same $35 price if shipping is an issue.

MICRON (μ) is the letter "micron" in the Greek alphabet. As measuring unit it describes 1 thousandth of a millimeter (1 μ = 0.001 mm). A Micron row is added to each FEPA P, FEPA F, JIS und ANSI row for comparison.
MM Micro-mesh grit in comparison to other standards.
The grit sizes are defined by the number of lines per inch (25.4 mm) length of each sieve e.g. 150 lines per inch. Abrasives grit 150 will pass this sieve. This chart is a general overview only. We are not responsible for any errors.

Grit = Micron = Mesh Conversion Chart


Grit Mesh Micron
100,000 0- 0.5 1/4
60,000 0-1 1/2
14,000 0-2 1
13,000 1-2 1.5
9,000 2-3 2.5
8,000 2-4 3
5,000 2-6 4
4,500 4-6 5
2,800 5-10 7
1,800 6-12 9
1,400 8-20 14
1,200 10-20 15
1,050 12-25 18
800 20-30 25
600 20-40 30
500 30-40 35
325 40-50 45
285 50-60 55
240 60-80 70
225 80-100 90
160 100-120 110
100 120-160 150

Sorry chart did not paste well. Here are a couple of good charts

Gesswein , Dieter Schmid