nick, if you're getting the a flattening hone, check again the threads with the diamond 325(or sth like that) alternative in mind. i think some members prefer that to the flattening stone. JoshEarl I think is one of the people who prefer the DMT. I don't have either of these hones, but I remember after reading on the sunject I had decided that the 4k/8k+dmt325 combo is what i'll be getting (whenever that happens).

as far as CDN being strong - 'you laughable men'. It's the USD that's week - against pretty much anything else in the world It may actually be worth waiting till 1CDN=1.5USD - you can finally feel the way US-ers always felt about the northern neighbors