Thread: The 1K hone

Originally Posted by gcbryan

I put a piece of wet/dry sandpaper on the countertop, turn the hone upside down and do a few passes on the sandpaper and that's it.

If you aren't using it a lot, it isn't going to need lapping a lot. If you do what I do it really never needs any more lapping.

What you do is lapping. The only difference is that it is done as maintenance rather than as correction but the net effect is the same.

Originally Posted by Utopian

What you do is lapping. The only difference is that it is done as maintenance rather than as correction but the net effect is the same.

That's why I said that it never needs any more lapping...as in... any more lapping than that.

A plus point on the Chosera 1k is you very rarely see one for sale 2nd hand thats how good they are, only if somebody stops honing altogether do you see any being sold.
I can do anywhere between 5 and 20 razors per month on my stones, no knives just razors. and I give it a quick lap every so often on my 325 DMT, not that it really needs it, just to clean it off.

I have my old Chosera 1K for all my bevel setting, anything below that it's restoration.

My 1k is a 2k....

Cheers, Steve

Another attempt at summarizing. Please give me your corrections.

Naniwa Chosera
Material: Ceramic
Cost : Pricey
Lappability: lots of elbow grease required
Flatness: stays flat for a long time
General opinion: super good stones

Other Naniwas
Material: Typical waterstone
Cost : Economical
Lappability: simple
Flatness: regular flattening required
General opinion: Very good

King
Material: Typical waterstone
Cost : Economical
Lappability: simple
Flatness: dishes fast
General opinion: Divided - some love it, some hate it

Suehiro
Material: Typical waterstone
Cost : Economical
Lappability: simple
Flatness: flattening required every now and then
General opinion: Super good - finer than the grit would let you believe

Norton
Material: Typical waterstone
Cost : Pricey
Lappability: lots of lapping required nowadays
Flatness: flattening required every now and then
General opinion: Good stone, wider than other waterstones

To all thanks for all the info. It looks like I’m going to go with the chosera. Now let me ask you all this, any thoughts on a 800 hone. Would this be a good thing to pick up or is it just a filler and that some folks like to have one

If you want something below 1k, I would get the 600. It's going to be more aggressive than the 800, yet both the 600 and 800 easily can transition to the 1k.

The 600 Naniwa slurry stone (brown turd) will get the down low on the Chosera, diluted as-going along.
It also laps the hone just fine.
Still, Naniwa 1K after tones it down even more for the 8K, FME.

I was having trouble going from the green hone to the 8k as I tried it.
I found going to the regular Naniwa 1K before moving forward really got me back in where I needed to be.
Each to his own, I suppose!

Just a clarification, by "regular Naniwa 1k," do you mean the SuperStone (aka Specialty) hone?

I've never bothered attempting a 1k to 8k jump. I've got plenty of hones in between that need justification for their existence!