Thread: Naniwa 400

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

I think the 400 is VERY coarse, even for major bevel restoration it is quite intense. You will find that the Naniwa 1k (IME) does a very quick job of setting bevels and taking out small dings, chips, etc... and will go well with the 4k step. 400 to 4k is a very large- in orders of magnitudes!- leap.

+ 1 IME as well.

+1, especially if you have a Nagura stone and make a slurry on the 1k. Your perfect tool.

some repairs and work on wedges takes forever on 1k stone, in this case for me 600 Chosera does the job. Sometimes I even go down to 325 DMT.

It depends on how significant the nicks are. Regardless, you should get a 1k before you start going lower. I have used the Naniwa 400SS and the 600 Chosera. Can't go wrong either way.

Thanks all, I was hoping for a shortcut to save a few bucks, plus SRD doesn't currently have the 1k in stock and I'm getting jumpy for hones.

+1

Besides, those low grit hones need a lot of truing-up. some you can literally see dishing-up before your very eyes. If you need to go lower than 1k a diamond plate is the way to go in my opinion. Cheaper and less time-consuming in the long run, plus you can lap your other hones with it.

Regards,
Neil

If your coarsest right now is the 4k then definitely go for the 1k Chosera. That stone actually gives a 2k finish by most other stones' standards, while cutting very fast. That said, for heavy restoration work the Chosera 400 would really speed things up. It gives a finish almost as fine as a King 1000, while cutting far faster.

The Superstone line I have in the higher grits, it's softer and dishes faster, but works great too.