Lapping Plate vs Flattening Stone: What Actually Keeps a Water Stone Flat
I ignored stone flattening for an embarrassingly long time. I kept chasing a wire edge that would not form evenly across a chisel, blaming my technique, my angle, the steel — and the actual problem was that my 1000-grit stone had quietly worn into a shallow dish in the middle. A hollow stone grinds a … Read more