Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Hazet, very good slip jaw pliers. Best I own actually. You are right about them not being readily available over here though, if at all.

Spent some time getting to know my new Naniwa 1k over the last few nights. Figured I'd post my thoughts here.

Here, a WB smiler getting its bevel set via rolling Xs. The stone is slightly longer and narrower than my Norton, but the Norton base proved stable enough for the job at hand.

Here a NOS Wapi I unwrapped just for the occasion.
Great stone compared to my king. Aggressive removal, but not scary or uncontrollably so.
Scratch pattern was surprisingly uniform and non toothy despite the speed with which it took off steel.
I use Scotch/3M 22 electrical tape when I hone. Its an 'extra thick', industrial grade tape that I found would last through the entire bevel set with my king. It's .010" thick x 108 ' roll so lasts a very long time.
With the Naniwa, after maybe 300 laps, had to change it due to wear. So I needed no more proof this stone moves material. See how metal laden the slurry looks in the pics.
Was able to get to sticky thumb grab stage in under an hour on the Wade, which had just been restored and was quite dull, and just over an he on the wapi which had never been honed before.
Very impressive time on stone ratio vs the king IMO. A similar Wade took me the entire night on my old rock.
No soaking required is nice, and I didn't find it particularly messy. No more so than my old stone anyway.
Tackling my nemesis blade tonight actually. It's a Ti LeDandy that I have never been happy with. Dulled what edge it had and will see how it goes.
Anyway, that's my lil review on the Chosera. I look forward to gaining more experience with it on a few other blades in the box.
Cheers.

Mike.. I got mine about a week before yours, and love it. Did you get the Naniwa dressing stone as well? It makes the chosera work so much faster for me .YMMV
I seem to be able to set a bevel in about 20 minutes , if that!!!
And thats after breadknifing (high honing) on a 400 grt. Nani.
I'll agree the sratch pattern is very consistent and not toothy.
Wished I would have gotten the chosera, 50 razors ago. [emoji4]