Thread: Chosera 1k Question

I just recieved a 1k Chosera. I am wondering if I should soak it before I use it or just splash on some water and have at it. No instructions came with it.

I have seen both varieties suggested by other users.
Personally I soak them for a minimum of 20 minutes before I use the Chosera stones.
The 1K is not the most thirsty of them, but I still feel they all benefit from a proper soaking.
YMMV.

20 minutes is what I have read too, I would let you know for sure, but mine isn't here yet Stupid snow, Stupid, small town Post Office



Everyone else gets HAD with Finishers, me I gotta have 1k stones hehehehe

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

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

Originally Posted by gssixgun

20 minutes is what I have read too, I would let you know for sure, but mine isn't here yet Stupid snow, Stupid, small town Post Office



Everyone else gets HAD with Finishers, me I gotta have 1k stones hehehehe

Ha ha - well it seems that even though it didn't rain on Barbra Streisand's Parade, it certainly snowed on your Chosera, Glen!

I can appreciate your HAD with low grit stones. seems to me that they make or break the job. It's no good persisting in polishing a ... well, you know what I mean!

Regards,
Neil

All whetstones up to 4K need a good soaking, between 5 and 20 minutes, after that just a good spray will get the job done. IMHO!
I use regularly .22K/1K and a 4K/8K and soak them both for about 15minute each before use, after all it ''couldn't hurt?!''

My 2 cents late on the night wing.


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