Originally Posted by
regularjoe
Dave, I missed the chance to comment! lol. I've used both. Woo hooo I'm feeling pretty big for my britches right now. :) Ok, looks like the water wings are comin off fellahs!
I just talked to a new member about this yesterday actually. But the main reason I like the Chosera better is because it doesn't need nearly the water of the Norton. When I was using a Norton stone, I felt like the thing had to just be constantly irrigated in order to do well. While the Chosera gets it's soak time, and doesn't need nearly as much spritzing while honing. I do also feel like the Norton stone left a little bit rougher edge, but in my case, that could be attributed to impatience on my part, lack of skill at the time, or a gamut of other variables I imagine. So, in a nutshell, the Chosera is better for me because I don't have to spritz it nearly as much, the "feel" of the stone is better, and I feel like it does it's work a bit faster as well.