Thread: Chosera 10K or Naniwa 12K

Originally Posted by drwextra

Neil, What is your next finishing hone after the Chosera????

Depends on the age of the razor and the steel - for very old Sheffield razors I find a very hard coticule works well (I use a Les Latneuses) more usually it is a Shapton Pro 15k (just wore out my shapton GS 16k) followed ocasionally by a slurried (god forgive me!) shapton gs 30k. That SG 20k Jimmy mentioned is very tempting though - although at these grit ratings I reckon its more personal preference and suitability to your way of working rather than anything else.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Depends on the age of the razor and the steel - for very old Sheffield razors I find a very hard coticule works well (I use a Les Latneuses) more usually it is a Shapton Pro 15k (just wore out my shapton GS 16k) followed ocasionally by a slurried (god forgive me!) shapton gs 30k. That SG 20k Jimmy mentioned is very tempting though - although at these grit ratings I reckon its more personal preference and suitability to your way of working rather than anything else.

Regards,
Neil

First of all, thanks Neil for dubbing it the SG 20k. Saves me from having to go to an email I saved and copying and pasting Suehiro Gokumyo #20000.

I've read .... somewhere.... that the results, in the right hands, from the SG20 are comparable to that of the Shap pro 30k. I had the whole pro series and I rarely used the 30k. The level of edge I got from the 15k was 'good enough' for me.

Later, when I got my yellow-green Escher I had found my ideal finisher. Not that it was better or equal to the shap pro 30k, not saying it is or it isn't , just that it delivers an edge that I am very happy shaving with. That is why I sold all the rest and kept the best. Of course YMMV.