Thread: Naniwa 400

I've had a norton 4/8 since august of last year and that has been pretty much the entirety of my hone arsenal. I'm looking for a coarser grit stone because the 4k norton just isn't cutting it for some of the Ebay nicks i'm encountering--in short, I just dont have the patience to be doing hundreds of passes on the 4k complete with periodic lapping, etc.

I've read on here and elsewhere that the naniwa 1k is a good way to go for bevel setting (i'm also going to buy a naniwa 12k but that's a different posting).

My question is instead of getting the 1k can I get away with buying a naniwa 400 for bevel setting and then move right from there to my norton 4k? Will it take a ton of passes on the norton to smooth off the 400? I'd be interested if anyone has tried this progression with any success.

any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

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.

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.