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What works best is hardened carbon steel, the edge of a wide tool, chisle, large knife or ax, that you can put pressure on. I use a meat cleaver held almost at 90 degrees, maybe 75-80 degrees so you...

It might be easier to burnish a small stone on a block of steel, moving the stone rather than steel, so you could put some pressure on a corner, without worrying about slipping off the edge.

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Check this trans thread.

No, don’t lap on your Shapton’s, they won’t phase it. If the Arks are out of flat, lap on lose grit Silicon Oxide starting at 60 grit up to 500, GotGrit.com. Then switch to wet & dry up to 2k. You...

Once properly prepped, they will perform perfectly fine with water and or a couple drops of Smith’s Honing Solution. Mineral oil works well but is messy and gets rancid and smelly. It can be washed...