Thread: Bevel setting on a Chosera 1K taught by Lynn Abrams

Most important tips for a new honer are in this video, circles, setting the bevel properly, etc. Great job guys!

Originally Posted by Disburden

Most important tips for a new honer are in this video, circles, setting the bevel properly, etc. Great job guys!

Thanks it was fun learning the stuff and then editing the video together.

Thanks Lynn, this really helped.

Lynn, my honing has been ok but when I watched this video, I must have watched it 15 or 20 times & I had to buy me a Naniwa Chosera 1K. My honing has improved greatly just from watching this video you did & I just want to thank you very much!!!!!

Originally Posted by engine46

Lynn, my honing has been ok but when I watched this video, I must have watched it 15 or 20 times & I had to buy me a Naniwa Chosera 1K. My honing has improved greatly just from watching this video you did & I just want to thank you very much!!!!!

I previously had the Naniwa 220 grit, 1K, 5K & 10K. I also bought a Naniwa 3K Super Stone & I like that as well.
It has been a great help. I suggest these two stones for anyone that doesn't have them.

Huh, interesting pieces of information there. I learned through trial and error a few years back while sharpening my pocket knives the most effective way to use a 3 stone system was heavy pressure on the coarse stone when required (nick repair, bevel setting, severely dulled blade), similar pressure on the medium stone, then lighten up and repeat the process on the medium stone, and finish up with some light polishing strokes on a fine stone.

I suspected it was similar with straight razors, but was unsure where the change over was. Intuition said 4k grit stone, but I've discovered sharpening a straight is similar to a pocket knife and yet worlds apart at the same time. To be safe I was changing pressure on the 1k grit stone. Next time I feel the need to start at 1k and work through the entire process I'll change it up and see how it goes!

Watched the video yesterday, and it is very interesting indeed, at least for newbies (like me). I am probably pressing too much, and I was assuming it was ALWAYS wrong. But the video shows that it is not. I was also unsure on how to avoid spine damage without tapes, and Lynn shows that he wears both surfaces (edge and spine) just the same way (no "differential pressure" issue).

Lot to learn from it, at least for me.

Thanks and rgds.