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I seriously considered the carbide blade option. But that would've required a trip to the hardware store. Which would've postponed playing with hones. And we can't have that.

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So I used...

Got the Naniwa 800 and dressing stone in today. I went to cut a piece off the Naniwa, and figured a wood blade would probably get the job done even if I had to sacrifice the blade. Well, it kinda did...

Hmm, maybe. But Naniwa seems to run a pretty tight ship. Norton would probably have errant junk particles, I heard their 4Ks took a bit of a quality hit after they moved production to Mexico.
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Well...that's why I had to ask before jumping up to place an order. Of course one has to keep in mind that what a thing is made for in theory does not always match up with how it's used in reality. ...

I was thinking more along the lines of natural stones. But I was under the assumption those were made of something intended to scuff up synthetic hones and prep them for use, not to break down and...

My C12K and my soft Arkansas are favorites to use as base hones with slurry. It seems like with either one of those 2, and the right combination of slurry stones, the type of work you can do is...