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Yes. Either they buy directly from woodwell, or they have an agent who does. Japan woodworker (one of their sub-companies now after it sold out to them) also sells mujingfang (woodwell) planes. I...

Lapping film is OK, but it is finicky compared to a good stone. One of the places you lose money with razor stuff is buying and selling, unless you buy right, and it takes a long time to learn to do...

If I was going to get a phig, I'd stick with versions that come in a woodwell tools box - I doubt they're all good, but the odds seem a little better.

The woodwell box looks like this in the...

Anything that looks too cheap that you don't know about, I'd avoid. The small diamond cards made with the brand "DMD" on ebay are fine, at least the ones I've tried. They seem to have copied the...

Sorry about that. There are little flat cards (that could be glued to something with contact cement for grip), and I think they (DMT) have little stick style hones that are thicker, too.

What...

The novaculite stone would be my first choice for a beginner, but only the dans. Using one goes against most advice on how to use other hones (the fine work can be done with some moderate pressure...

The steelex stone will be fine. Essentially, you're doing this:
* you're going to learn the stone, and you'll be like the deer hunter who hunts with a rifle that shoots a 2" group. When you get good...

You can still work with it, it's just not ideal to finish with.

Natural whetstone for soft ark to bevel set and dans stones to finish with.

You can use the soft 1k that you have to set a bevel...

You'll be able to work that stone, and the gap should be fine.

Here's what I'd do with it in an attempt to get a good shave out of a 6k synthetic that is of the older style:
* set the bevel
*...

6x2 dan's soft and black stone combination and a small 220 grit diamond card to activate the soft side when you want to.

It would be as fine of a finisher as you're likely to find (with another...