Thread: Chosera 1k Question

I just got a 1K and usually soak it for 10 minutes before I get too anxious to start honing. I just spray it down with water as I'm using it after that and it seems to work fine.

I will say that I absolutely love it so much more than the DMT 600/1200 I was using before.

I don't have the 1k, but my 600 and 800 Choseras had instructions that called for a 20 minute soak. I would presume the 1k to be the same. I have honed after only a couple of minutes of soaking and it still worked fine. Here again, I'll bet the 1k will work the same way.

15-20 min soak yes.

I've had the 1k for around three weeks (along witht he 3k) and I don't bother soaking at all. I have put about 50 razors over it and it performs wonderfully - fast, precise, hardly any dishing. I just pour water onto it and leave it while I am at an earlier grit - that means it has a puddle of water on it for maybe 5 minutes, and the majority of that puddle is still there when I get to it. That kind of echoes what Utopian says - they don't need much (if any) soaking.

The rubbing stone (or deglazing stone) that comes with it is another matter - really thisty, and it hogs water of the 1 and 3k stones.

I usually hone half a dozen razors at a time, though, and by the time I have got through two or three even the rubbing stone does not suck any more water of the hone.

I'm reluctant to soak the stones because:

(a) it takes too long,
(b) I don't think it is necessary (fully understand how other people may disagree though),
and
(c) I have read reports of the stones showing surface crazing after soaking.

However, everyone has his own theories - some even soak relatively dense stones that hardly absorb water after many hours. Whatever turns you on, I suppose.

Regards,
Neil

+1 on Neil Miller's comments.

My 10K Chosera needs almost no soak time
while the nagura wants a lot.

My 10K even works fine dry to touch up a shaver.
Some people recommend dry for the occasional
use.

Once it stops acting like a sponge -- hone away.
Watch the wave that you push in front of the edge
that is the easy place to notice if the hone is still
slurping water.

Just let it dry naturally when done. Wrap
in a cloth and let it dry for storage.

The Naniwa site says no more than 5 minutes...