Chosera 3,000 Grit Stone - with base

It is a high-quality sharpening stone with a great feel when sharpening. Ideally, it would not come attached to the base, as the base is not very useful. In my case, I removed it with the help of two flathead screwdrivers, and I currently use the stone with a sharpening stand, which I find more comfortable and practical.

I am somewhat new to the Japanese stones' for sharpening. However, I currently have a variety of sharpening stones. Diamond stones work well with lower grit: they are very aggressive and quick to sharpen. However, they will leave small marks on the blade. The Chosera 3000 will not. It will remove metal quickly and leave a nice, smooth edge.Shapton GlassStone go from low to high grit, but I have only used the 16,000. (I buy them from SharpeningSupplies.com since they stand behind their products well. Ceramic stones polish well at a higher grit (5000 or higher). These are excellent for aggressive sharpening too.The Naniwa Chosera 3000 moves material well from the blade. I really like using it. It is quick and effective. I have found that it feels less aggressive than diamond or GlassStones. understand too, that sharpening is personal and subjective, depending upon preferences and not a matter of one stone type being "better' or "worse" than another. This is a large stone, so the user should get much wear from it. Just slash and go. No soaking.One warning. I was using a diamond stone to flatten out the edges on my Chosera, and I accidentally snagged a corner of the Chosera and broke off a piece of the stone. First, the edges needed smoothing since I had contacted them with my metal knob on my assisted--opening pocketknife. For most knives this would not be an issue, since they do not have this knob. I probably was a bit careless. Regardless, the stone functions fine still. Just a note of caution. I really like this stone. It is among my favorite.

The Chosera line of stones are my favorite. I sharpen knives as a side job and these are my go to stones with expensive kitchen knives or knives with super steels or expensive knives in general that I wish to give the best treatment. The stones are splash and go, DO NOT SOAK, and are extremely hard and slow wearing while cutting metal very quickly. Smoothest tactile feel of any water stone I've ever used. Just an absolute joy to use. The 3000 grit is probably closer to most stones' 5000, it polishes far above the stated grit, like every other stone in this line. In a progression, I usually use this after a Chosera 1000, and before a Naniwa Snow White 8000, then stropping. This is the older version that is 25mm thick and comes with an attached base and nagura (which I never use but, I know some people like them). The newer stones are branded "Naniwa Professional" they are 5mm thinner and come without the base for the same price but are supposedly harder and slower wearing but I have not noticed any performance differences between the two versions so, definitely go with the older Chosera version as long as they're available.

Very nice stone. I only buy stones that are splash and go and 2.76" wide to accommodate my straight razors. This stone delivers especially when used with a blue Nagura stone.

Should’ve have spent the money and went straight to these instead of buying cheaper two sided stones from Amazon. I paired this chosera with my Sharpal 325/1200 grit diamond stone after purchasing VG10’s and HAP40’s Japanese knives and I am happy. These stones sharpens very quickly and gives perfect feedback making sharpening quick and easy even with my harder Japanese HAP40 supersteel knives (66 HRC) that would otherwise eat up regular stones. Go straight to a chosera and spend that money, this stone is definitely well worth the price. I love it so much I also purchased the 800 grit and most likely will purchase the 5000 grit in the near future. So far the Sharpal 325/1200 diamond stone finished with the 3000 chosera then light stropping, seems to be enough to get my kitchen knives wickedly sharp.

This stone is awesome! My only thing that gets me is there are cracks only after a few uses cracks developed. Idk what happened as I take good care of them and I Do not soak my splash go stones! I am talking to the supplier to see if they will help me out! This stone is amazing for you can almost do work that is meant for 1000 grit stone! The feedback is great, the cut speed is amazing for 3000 grit. It wears very slow! This paired with my Chosera 800 and a green compound leather stop will result in ultra sharp blades. In conclusion this is one of the best stones in the Chosera lineup and if it wasn’t for the crack I would give 5 starts! Hopefully the seller will contact me about a replacement because this is upsetting when you spend 106$(at the time) for a stone and it cracks. Like I stated above I take very good care of my tools!

I have used this to sharpen my good knives and am finding it and my honing steel great for general sharpening.