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The hones are quite thin, so if they were removed from the base and placed on a table top, I think you'd end up bumping your knuckles on the table. Thus the base serves both to elevate and to...

I've honed handheld with it. I dont' find the base to be too bad, but then again, I'm willing to do it with the Chinese hone, which is a brick. The underside of the superstone has a curvature to it...