Thread: 12" x 2.5" Diamond plate or 8" x 3".

If I want a bigger section for a table in the garden I may well just go and do that

This little one I picked up has so far been really good. It's small enough to sit on my knee in the computer chair.

I started with some 400 grit wet and dry and went to work on a failed home made hone (big inclusion streak). The face was coming off very clean and level you could see where the stone wasn't flat at the edges. The wet and dry then dissolved as it does. So I thought bugger it. Got out the Naniwa stones 5K, 8K 12K. And on the now loose grit I started on them. Instantly flatter, but the finish was rougher. So I then cleaned up and worked the stones just on water on the plate. Within about 30 mins all 3 stones were polished, smooth, and very flat.

I then did the King 1/6, Slate/silkstone, and my thuri.

All of my stones that should have been flat before were really shown to be out by a considerable margin.


I think I still need a diamond plate, But I don't think I need a 12" one. An 8" will be fine. And I can get some loose grits for this plate (which is also now acting as a footplate under my PC).

I'm going to hone a razor up at the weekend on the new flatter stones and see if my edged improve any! I still have to glass block burnish the 8K and 12K to get them to the finish I desire so I don't have time to test them now.