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Euclid; I am a little confused with your wording. You mention this;

Most Zulu’s I have seen were pretty flat. Dead flat is a myth, smooth and flattish is good enough.

then state this;

Glass...

I should include a caveat with any of my posts on this forum. I only work with wood. The closest I get to a sharpness test with any of my body hair is on my forearms. I prefer to hone the cutting...

The notion that going to 60 grit sic will quicken the process is a slightly floored argument from my experience. To make matter worse, it feels like your rubbing your stone across a moving layer of...

As mentioned in the opening post, its recommended you allow the wet sic slurry to harden to a dry crust. From that stage, its a simple matter of using a paint scraper to work the crust into a center...

Before moving onto the final stage of refining the flat surface of the stone with 400 grit w & d adhered to a piece of float glass, its recommended you clean the stone thoroughly in a container of...

As a follow on from the recent thread on sharpening stone boxes, I am including a quick run down on the process I use to flatten the top surface of my honing stones. The use of loose sic powder is...