Quote Originally Posted by mainaman View Post
It could be related to the hones themselves @ their respective grit levels.
I have a 3k chosera, that when used with slurry will work very fast on most razors, but will also chip the edged on some razors which to me means that depending on the steel you might have to use stones from different lines. When you go up in the progression with superstones, they become easier to gouge, may be due to that and the steel properties you are damaging the edge?
If possible try other set of stones and see what happens.
Quote Originally Posted by mainaman View Post
what I said in my post earlier in the thread.
No, that's not what I was thinking of. I have limited experience on Naniwas (maybe honed 25 razors on them), but I've never heard of gouging one during normal honing, regardless of the razor being used, and I can't think of how you would gouge one during normal honing. I've seen Naniwas that have had hundreds or thousands of razors honed on them, and no gouges there at all. I also can't imagine a Naniwa chipping a razor, even with slurry, given how soft those hones seem to be, but if you say it's happened to you, I don't disbelieve you. Also, the Chosera and the SuperStones are two different lines of hones.

What JoeD was telling me was about the hardness of the steel (how tough it is to cut), the hardness of the abrasive in the hone and the rate it breaks down, and the toughness of the binder and how resistant it is to releasing old grit to allow you to reach new grit.