Thread: King 1000 Grit

Anyone familiar with the stone? Amazon.com: King 1000 Grit Whetstone with Plastic Base: Kitchen & Dining I found it on amazon for a low price and was wondering if it would be a good bevel setter.

I use a King 1k. It's a good stone. It's thirsty but I don't think that takes away from it's performance at all. I'm happy with mine. What is popular around here with some as the 'ultimate bevel setter' is the Naniwa Chosera 1k. I wish I would have gotten the Chosera mind you I'm new so for my purposes I doubt it makes much of a difference and the King 1k does do what it's intened to so I see no need to switch unless I use up my King.

Originally Posted by FauxPax

Anyone familiar with the stone? Amazon.com: King 1000 Grit Whetstone with Plastic Base: Kitchen & Dining I found it on amazon for a low price and was wondering if it would be a good bevel setter.

I used the King 1k in many of the Honing Vids I did for a reason
I am pretty sure it is if not the cheapest, it is darn close, yes without a doubt the Chosera 1k is right now the premiere bevel setter out there, but don't let what many of us that do this professionally, or that are more hobbiests then shavers slant the truth. Most people don't need one
Most every 1k or there about will do the job, the King is one of the more gentle cutters, and leaves a very smooth edge, it works plenty fast if you use a slurry and I doubt you will wear it out in your lifetime..

It is a very thirsty hone I advise at least 1/2 hour of soaking before use, it also on the softer side so if you are a heavy wedge user it is going to need lapping more often, if you hone mostly Hollow grinds there should not be an issue..


Here is a good read about many of the bevel setters

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...l-setting.html

+1 to what Glen said. The King 1K is a great stone for the money. It's more like a 2K cutter. This is good for someone learning how to set a proper bevel, on a hollow ground. he,he.
MIke

I have a king 1k and for the money it can't be beat IMO. If I need to speed mine up I will make a slurry on top of it with my coticule slurry stone. Don't know if this is common practice but it helps it cut faster.

I like the king more than the norton, and better than the naniwa Ss of you have a fair bit of work to do. But I only use my chosera ever since I got one.

I have the same one ... like Glen said ... she's a thirsty beast but cuts well with slurry.
Might be a little slow for restoration work IMHO.

Mike

I've tried all of the major bevel setters(with the excetion of the Chosera) and the King is by far my favorite. As said above it is a slow stone but to me that is offset by it having a much better feel and feedback than the Nortons or Naniwas.JMO.

I can't compare it to others 1k as I've never used any but hopefully it says something about the stone that in around 2 years of use I've not felt the need to try anything else. My splash and go natural stones do most of the maintenance and the king only comes out from time to time. Mine is the 1k/6k combo but from what I gather the 1k side is the same material as the dedicated 1k.

It is quite thirsty and a good soaking is needed, when learning the stone I kept it in water for months at a time so it was always ready to go, do remember to change the water or add a drop of bleach if you go with this approach.

I got a King a month or so ago and it's good but the 800 grit Chosera I just got is way more fun to use. so much faster and easier. I could see going up to the king after the chosera before a coti on slurry.