Naniwa Chosera 1000 grit Japanese waterstone with standThe Chosera is now a Japanese Domestic Market product only. It is is essentially the same as the PRO line (colour is identical between the Chosera and PRO, speed and feedback is also idencitcal) but thicker and comes with a Nagura (flattening stone), it represent a much better value than the new PRO, that is why the Japanese keeps the Chosera for their domestic market but not the PRO. K&S is determined to bring you the best from Japan. The Chosera

1000 grit for medium grit sharpening and 6000 for finishing

a major kitchen knife making city with a lot of mass-product knife brands like Shun

233 g  Total Length

Now your stone is ready for sharpening

I previously use a regular diamond plate without the handle to flatten my waterstone

320 mm  Tip to Heel Length

48 mm  Width of Spine Above Heel

- No Splinters

382 g  Total Length

Width of Spine at Middle of Blade

It was then I realized that in order to become a true bladesmith

While it is not extremely quick on modern alloy steels it does work extremely well on traditional carbon steels like the Hitachi Shirogami (White steel) and Aogami (Blue steel)