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This true. I don't have this problem anymore, my stones are always flat to within 0.0005". I strongly agree with knowing the challenges of your work before you start will save you time and effort....

Great Jimmy! I have long pondered why the water wasn't going over the blade with a straight blade and my supposedly flat hone. Now I think I may have found the culprit. Though a $200 + lapping plate...

They were off both long and short due to the small dmt contacting the stones at different parts

I saw the one you had and that sealed the deal. I used it today and whoa so easy and flat.

Gentleman I have been lapping my waterstones and coticule with a DMT C 4 inch stone for 6 or 7 months now. I thought I was getting my hones flat. Point in case I wasn't and I found this out today...