Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
Hey FP & welcome back.
Shame your DMT's are MIA. Don't get any faster & flatter than diamond plates for restore work. Tho the microchipping can be an issue with some razors. I usually swap out to my Shaptons GS after the DMT's. Don't find speed an issue with the Shaps but honing style could play a part. Hard to avoid some microchipping on the coarser stones but the next stone in line should deal with it. Good luck with whatever your choice
Hey Oz, good to hear from ya.

Yeah, I'm sure the DMT's will turn up, it's just a matter of sorting through the stacks of moving boxes.

I used to set the initial bevel with a DMT before moving on to the Shaptons, but as you mentioned, the micro chips caused by the DMT's on brittle blades were a bit of a pain.

The more I read about the Chosera's, the more I'm leaning in that direction. Hard to justify the cost, though.

Leaning toward getting a 1k Chosera, then 2k, 3k, 5k, 8k Super Stones, then a 10k Chosera.

I've read in a bunch of different places now that a lot of people feel that the finish of a Chosera 10k is better than the 12k Super Stone, and even better than the 16k Shapton GS.