How To Cut a Chosera 1k?

[J743]

Hey Fellas,

I'm having some trouble with my coticules lately. I notice after stropping I can get almost there, just passed violin hht on a good day. It's a gold dollar razor, so I know without any modification to it, I really need to buy some ebay specials.

So, here's the thing. I need a good bevel setter. I don't really have one. I got a little impatient with the Gold Dollar and went straight to the DMTC, and, while fast, isn't really my sort of thing.

So I'm set on buying a chosera 1k, but I hate the size. It's just me, I like to hand hone. My ideal size is a 130mm x 70mm.

Does anyone know of any vendors willing to cut it for me? If not, is it possible to cut the stone on my own? I don't have any tools...

Feedback appreciated!

[dinnermint]

If you haven't purchased one yet, I would try it as the whole shebang and try to get used to the size. If you hate it at that length, I think it will be a messy PITA to cut it down, although a decent saw should do it. However, any machine shop with a bandsaw can probably do it. How much they'll charge you is dependent on how long it takes them. I would still be hesitant to do that as someone with no knowledge of stones may rush it and butcher it... I think I remember seeing someone cutting a Norton 4/8 lengthwise, dunno if there was a tutorial for it....

[Marshal]

I could be wrong, but I would imagine that would require a wet saw. I could see things ending rather poorly if you took a bandsaw to a hone.

[gssixgun]

Biggest waste of time I ever did

But yes I cut a full set of Nortons down using a hacksaw and 24 TPI blades

The 220/1k was actually pretty easy so I would hope that the Chosera might be for you

Sum Fun

[Utopian]

I could see things ending rather poorly if you took a bandsaw to a hone.

Hey, that's what Harbor Freight is for!

[Marshal]

I didn't think about going oldschool and using a handsaw. I guess I've been spoiled by access to power tools. Sounds less than fun, but entirely doable.

Hey, that's what Harbor Freight is for!

I was more worried about the Chosera than the saw/blade lol. Last I checked bandsaw blades weren't too expensive to replace once they dulled. But if the heat buildup compromised the hone in some fashion it would be a bad day.

[Utopian]

Well I was thinking of a metal cutting band-saw, which cuts much more slowly. You could always spray water at the cutting site for cooling and you also could stop occasionally to check for heat build up. Then again, I think a hacksaw would be a better way to go.

Realistically though, the larger real estate of the full size hone is advantageous for bevel setting and I occasionally do that while holding the hone in my hand, so it can be done.

[mainaman]

Carbide coated hacksaw blade under running water works fine. I have hand cut some pretty hard J-Nats with mine, the Chosera will be easy compared.
Something like that will work fine
https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-15-41...+hacksaw+blade

[dinnermint]

However, in the grand scheme of things, cutting the stone should be moot. Starting with the hone in hand is adding another variable to honing. In my mind, it is like lapping a stone with the sandpaper in one hand and the stone in the other. I'm sure it's feasible, but not the easiest way to go about things...

I went back to your first post, and you mentioned a king 1k. That should be fine for bevel setting.... Or if you got the Norton 4/8, you can use the 4 to set bevels and shave off the 8k side pretty easy. Jumping into a coticule pool is not easy, yours may be a great one or a not so great one, especially if you're working of a possibly microchipped edge from a diamond plate. There's a bunch of information in the thread you started in January that will help you out and is still applicable.

Honing has a required learning curve, and it seems to me you're making it a little steeper than it has to be...

[Utopian]

Actually there is one distinct advantage to honing with the hone in hand. It serves as a self-adjusting shock absorber allowing the hone to slightly rock to adjust to a slight mis-stroke.