Thread: Naniwa stones

I'm curious about naniwa stones and how the cut and what would be the best set to get

I like the Naniwa Chosera's. The 1K is an excellent bevel setter. I use this progression.... 1k and 3k Chosera followed by 8k Norton then an Escher finisher. I have the 5k Chosera but haven't had great results with it, the 3k works better for me. The stones cut very smoothly and give good feedback.

Well I have nortons 1k and 4and 8k with a Chinese finisher but I wanted to see if naniwas would be better in long run

I have both the Nortons and the Naniwa Superstones. It really comes down to personal preference. The Naniwa's have a softer feel than the Nortons, alot of people seem to like that. Either will get you to the same place, at least up to 8k. You might want to just add the 12k superstone to your Norton set up. I have used the Nortons followed by the 12k SS and it leaves a really nice edge.

I like 1k chosera, then the rest super stones. You can get 3k, 8k, 12k, or 5k, 8k, 12k either sequence will work equally well.

I just bought a 12k ss. Today I honed a razor using Norton 1k-4k-8k. I then tried the 12k ss, stroped, and shaved. I really like the results. As you imagine the shave is much better than off the Norton 8k alone. The shave is smoother, and my face felt better afterwards. Tomorrow I will try going from the 12k ss to CrOx. I would suggest this stone.

Originally Posted by VictorM

I just bought a 12k ss. Today I honed a razor using Norton 1k-4k-8k. I then tried the 12k ss, stroped, and shaved. I really like the results. As you imagine the shave is much better than off the Norton 8k alone. The shave is smoother, and my face felt better afterwards. Tomorrow I will try going from the 12k ss to CrOx. I would suggest this stone.

I find the 12k Naniwa to be a very nice finisher, easy to use, forgiving, and followed with pastes or sprays is really nice as well!

I was just curious if the naniwa stone produce amazing edges by using the whole line cause I'm going to use my Plasma money to get them and I didn't know if I should just get the 12k or just a set

Originally Posted by Tylerbrycen

I was just curious if the naniwa stone produce amazing edges by using the whole line cause I'm going to use my Plasma money to get them and I didn't know if I should just get the 12k or just a set

I cant tell the difference in the edge whether I use the Nortons or the Naniwa's before the 12k SS. If you really want them have at it, I did. You could buy just the 12k SS and invest in the 1k Chosera for setting bevels with the 4/8 Nortons in between and have a great set-up.

Originally Posted by Danricgro

I have both the Nortons and the Naniwa Superstones. It really comes down to personal preference. The Naniwa's have a softer feel than the Nortons, alot of people seem to like that. Either will get you to the same place, at least up to 8k. You might want to just add the 12k superstone to your Norton set up. I have used the Nortons followed by the 12k SS and it leaves a really nice edge.

+1 on the Naniwa 12K SuperStone to follow your Norton 4k/8k combo.
It likes a couple sprays of water as you hone not a big dunk and soak.

Read the Norton 4k/8k thread.... and then the Na12kSS is just smooth gravy.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...on-2012-a.html

Some Chinese (12k?) finisher hones are very good. You may wish to try
a bit of yellow 8k (or 4k) slurry from your Norton on your Chinese rock. After
a while it will polish the hone surface and improve the surface finish in some
but not all cases.

Once I bought a Naniwa 12k my Chinese rock has only seen kitchen knives.
I think it is the most available and best value hone in the +10k-14k range.