Quote Originally Posted by STF View Post
I have both a Norton 1K and a Naniwa 1K SS.

I was intereted in a Chosera 1K before I bought the Nani but I read up and it seemed that although the Chosera was the bees knees it needed to be used a lot.

The Chosera I read was excellent for someone that hones a lot but for occasional home use can dry out and crack.

I may be wrong, it's just the impresion I got from my reading. Anyway, I got the Naniwa 1K SS and I'm very happy with it.

I also have the 3K - 5K - 8K - 12K SS, I have the Norton 1K - 4K/8K too but love the Nani's because they're just splash and go,no muss no fuss.
The Naniwa 1K Superstone seems to do a good job cleaning up the bevel made with many other faster 1k stones. To me it seems that my 1k Chosera or 1k Norton (yes, I realize that the Norton is ANSI grit and 1k ANSI is a bit coarser) bevel benefits greatly from a few laps on the Nani and makes subsequent stages go faster and cleaner.

I also add a few pull strokes and a few SHORT x strokes at the end of every stage. This does a lot to get rid of the "edge boogers".