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never thought of doing it that way that's a good idea

Anthony i just got out a piece of my broken hard arkansas and had a bit of a go lapping it with the tile file with a wet stone and some dish detergent i had a go and the tile file did a very good job...

as far as i know they should be flat when new i've never had to lap mine as they were flat from the start guess it's something to ask before buying i did the corners on all my stones with a tungsten...

you shouldn't need to lap a new arkansas stone and if used properly it will take years of wear before it needs lapping mine have been used daily for nearly twenty years and don't look like they will...