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Shorebird,

Yup; use a soft pencil to draw gridlines over your stone.

The Norton waterstones need about 15 minutes soaking in water before you start on them.

Use figure of eights or...

ShoreBird,

+1 on the previous advice.

Silicon carbide paper on glass or other flat surface works very nicely.

I used this method for about a year, before I waved the white flag and bought...