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I would dress with diamond block. I would then go with the coarser of the bunch and raise a slurry. I would hone until the edge looks good under magnification. I would then wash stone with water and...

I would look for tight "grain" and little porosity.

I "dressed" my Ark stones down with a diamond pocket "stone" I just wet them and rubbed the length of the stone until I saw that the stone was nice and uniform across the entire length. Mine are...

I have been sharpening knives for as long as I have been carrying them around (30 years now). I have used everything from India stones to Diamond grit to Ark stones. The natural progression to hone...