Thread: Bevel setter to compliment my coticule

Hi,
I bought a natural combo coticule, and sold off my single coticule to help pay for it. Previously, I was using the coticule + slurry for bevel setting, but my new hone only has about 5mm of coticule on it on one side, so I'd rather reserve it as a finisher only.

So now I'm short a bevel setting hone. I have a DMT 1200 but I hate how it feels honing on it-- I just use the thing to lap.

Any suggestions on a new bevel setter? What's the verdict on a naniwa 1K?

Thanks
-Chief

Chief, the good news is that a naniwa 1k is , IME, great for a bevel setter. The bad news is that lapping with a 1200 DMT is not recommended by DMT and will likely ruin your plate. Just IMO, try a bit of dish soap on the water when setting a bevel with the 1200 and pick up a DMT D8C to lap your coticule with.

+1 on the Naniwa 1k - both the Superstone and the Chosera work great. I alse really like my Norton 1k because it is more aggressive and I hone lots of wedges, so it's good for me. Back in the day I used to use a King 1k, and IMO that was a very good hone too. I upgraded though because I prefer a 3 inch wide hone for my bevel setting, just to speed things up a bit. IIRC my King was 2.5 or so.

I'm happy with the 1K side of this Henckel: Amazon.com: J.A. Henckels Twin Stone Pro Sharpening Stone: Kitchen & Dining

I have not used the 220 side.

regards

Originally Posted by jeffus

I'm happy with the 1K side of this Henckel: Amazon.com: J.A. Henckels Twin Stone Pro Sharpening Stone: Kitchen & Dining

I have not used the 220 side.

regards

Seems pretty expensive to me. Can you tell us a bit about how she behaves? I don't think I've ever read anything about those hones.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Seems pretty expensive to me. Can you tell us a bit about how she behaves? I don't think I've ever read anything about those hones.

The only other bevel setter I have is a fast coticule, so I don't know how to compare it to anything else. It is much faster than the coticule (number 8 from Bart's site): it got a Japanese-made western-style shaving arm hair from heel to toe in just a matter of minutes. Then a quick trip to the 3K/8K hone and the straight was ready for the finishing hones.

The 1K doesn't feel like it gives much feedback, but the 8K sucks the blade to the hone and starts to feel different as it finishes.

I'm still too new to honing to give a better description than that, sorry. I can not tell you about consistency or differences between steels. Mostly I have been playing with the coticule because it is more fun.

Thanks for the tips. I suppose this thread should be in the "hones" section vs. "honing"-- maybe the moderator can move it...

-Chief

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Chief, the good news is that a naniwa 1k is , IME, great for a bevel setter. The bad news is that lapping with a 1200 DMT is not recommended by DMT and will likely ruin your plate. Just IMO, try a bit of dish soap on the water when setting a bevel with the 1200 and pick up a DMT D8C to lap your coticule with.

I agree with jimmy dmtc is great lapper dmt1200 is a great bevel setter. ik naniwa , 1k norton there cheap and all do the same job. I use dmt325/600/1200, then coticule with slurry and so on to water works realy well . Saves on coticule wear.

I'm using the Naniwa 1k and then a coticule with slurry through to polishing (though I do add a barber's hone into the mix too). The Naniwa is a great bevel setter IME.

Originally Posted by gary haywood

I agree with jimmy dmtc is great lapper dmt1200 is a great bevel setter. ik naniwa , 1k norton there cheap and all do the same job. I use dmt325/600/1200, then coticule with slurry and so on to water works realy well . Saves on coticule wear.

I'll give the DMT+dish soap a try, thanks Gary and Jimmy,

-Chief