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Sorry. I use an old carbon steel kitchen cleaver I picked up at a flea market. I take the stones surface as high as possible with W/D and then burnish with the cleaver and water. Pressure will...

Haha. Well that's an older pic....it's not quite that warm here now but not far off. Definitely no white Christmas in sight...

Here's my Black Norton after burnishing. I can't remember how much time I had total in getting it ready. I'd do it 15-20 minutes here and there to keep myself from getting burned out

I burnish under running water...seems to speed things up. When I first started I was using oil but the swarf and slurry that kicked up from the stone gave it a matte finish. With water I can get a...