Thread: Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Kind of makes an argument for only using Natural Stones. Will have to be more careful with the Man Made ones from now on. Thanks for the info.

Honesty here

I abuse the crap out my "Chosera Green Machine", I leave it in the Steelx stone holder screwed down TIGHT I toss that whole thing in the water and go eat dinner.. It might soak for and hour maybe more, I take it out and set it on a towel then do it all over the next day, I use it pretty much at least 5 days a week sometimes 6 or 7...
I lapped it once when I got it, I do 5 or so figure 8's before each razor and off I go,, I have had zero problems, so I would be thinking either I have the best one ever made or something is up with yours...

Mine has no base and is the thicker one...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Honesty here

I abuse the crap out my "Chosera Green Machine", I leave it in the Steelx stone holder screwed down TIGHT I toss that whole thing in the water and go eat dinner.. It might soak for and hour maybe more, I take it out and set it on a towel then do it all over the next day, I use it pretty much at least 5 days a week sometimes 6 or 7...
I lapped it once when I got it, I do 5 or so figure 8's before each razor and off I go,, I have had zero problems, so I would be thinking either I have the best one ever made or something is up with yours...

Mine has no base and is the thicker one...

Than yours will probably never get dry enough to develop cracks while for us who use them only now and then they get dry through and through and drying them slowly and as evenly as possible seems to help to avoid cracks.
I also have the thick version without a base and I like it better when soaked for at least a couple of minutes, in fact I bought mine after seeing you use it on youtube, saying the bevel is the most important part of honing and the chosera is the "best" bevelsetter. I'm glad I did, thanks!

Originally Posted by Puerco

Than yours will probably never get dry enough to develop cracks while for us who use them only now and then they get dry through and through and drying them slowly and as evenly as possible seems to help to avoid cracks.
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LOL I was wondering who was going to be the one that actually read my post and thought about it I almost added the fact that there are quite a few times during the month that the stone sits idle and dry for up to 3 days...

So far so good for mine,, and I do abuse it, I do the same for most of my hones, I toss the Naniwa SS in the tub to soak for up to 30 min or more too,, same with my Shapton GS... I am pretty rough with mine, so honestly ever time I see posts like this my first reaction is ***** what did you guys do??? or, that is a bad hone

I agree Stingray they are the best right now, fast and very smooth cutting

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Honesty here

I abuse the crap out my "Chosera Green Machine", I leave it in the Steelx stone holder screwed down TIGHT I toss that whole thing in the water and go eat dinner.. It might soak for and hour maybe more, I take it out and set it on a towel then do it all over the next day, I use it pretty much at least 5 days a week sometimes 6 or 7...
I lapped it once when I got it, I do 5 or so figure 8's before each razor and off I go,, I have had zero problems, so I would be thinking either I have the best one ever made or something is up with yours...

Mine has no base and is the thicker one...

Yeah..mine is the thicker one also. Honestly I haven't had the chance to abuse it...I am still in the experimenting stage. I love it and will use it probably more than the shap or the norton. I admit that it shows up more if wet and drying as the cracks are almost invisible when dry so it could have been cracked when I got it. (not likely but possible).
It is nice to see you fly off the handle every once in a while. Thanks for your honest opinion.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Kind of makes an argument for only using Natural Stones. Will have to be more careful with the Man Made ones from now on. Thanks for the info.

You need to be careful with some (all?) naturals too - they are not immune to swelling and cracking with temperature changes, though I've heard they need to be extreme. Never had an issue with it myself, but that may be because I live in a sub-tropical climate.

James.