DHunter86

Hi all, These are industrial abrasives mounted to a glass plate. At least 5mm thick and slow wearing. They will be first going to...

Natural stones, doesn't mean necessarily jnats. Even if you can get quite cheap jnat (if you get small ones or odd shapes), you can get...

If you can get a sharp edge off any stone, the only logical thing to do is get a natural stone that smells really really good to your nose.

At this point after the belt sanding I usually slather some oil on the whole handle, as I find it makes the final colour richer and...

Well you could glue both the stones to a base, reinforce the whole thing together with some string tied really tight around and glued to...

Ok, you guys convinced me. I wasn’t a fan of differential sharpening, but today marks a new era.

This is something that's being overlooked in a lot of these threads. Keeping stones this size flat isn't straightforward. It requires...

Only sometimes ;) I think we're usually on the same page with regards to polishing, but just clarifying blanket/authoritative statements...