So I made a balsa wood hone. Sanded it flat but I cannot get them smooth for the life of me. When I chalk up with CrO I can clearly see ridges in the hone. Try to sand them out but with CrO on the hone it doesn't work very well at all. While I'm pretty new but I am pretty sure the hone needs to be flat.

Unfortunately, Hand American is "redoing" their bench hones so they aren't for sale now. Anyone know when Hand American will be offering their hones for sale again? I sent the guy an email more than a week ago and haven't heard back.
Vendors not returning emails seems to be a reoccurring issue for me (even the ones I haven't ticked off ).