Thread: How good is the Naniwa Chosera hone?

I respect your opinion and thank you for your review, English.

Chefs and woodworkers rave about the Chosera 10k. My understanding is that the abrasive is friable and mimics a high grit J Nat in that the more passes, the finer the abrasive gets and the sharpening action transforms into a polishing action. I believe Joel owner of toolsforworkingwood.com explained that. BUT.......he's talking plane irons and chisels and he's talking direct and moderate pressure to what we'd consider in relation to honing razors to be extreme. In other words, you need to apply force to that stone to get the abrasive to break down into smaller particle sizes. Force that we don't use honing razors. Knowing how he described the stone's behavior, your review, English, makes perfect sense to me. That stone has the potential to be a polishing stone and one that is widely regarded to be excellent. But, for things other than razors. It does sound based on your review that the stone can have an excellent place in a razor honing progression.

Thanks again.

Chris L

I wonder if a bit of slurry would give it the same efficacy that Joel from Tools For Working Wood described it having with plane irons and such ? Still at the price I will make do with what I have. English, it was a great review and thanks again.

I love my Chosera hones.

I only have the 3000 and 5000 presently, but they are fantastic hones. So large that I am sure they will last a life time. Next month I plan on investing in the 1000 and the 2000 and eventually will add the 10000 to the lineup. I use mostly stainless and INOX razors and they all respond with great results.

FYI I use lapping film above and beyond the 5000 but would like to phase this out as it is less environmentally freindly.

Costly hones buy very nice!