You can also use white chalk, it has an extraordinary effect on the surface of the stone and it creates a kind of abrasive paste, just like Nagura stone.
I've used a peice of wet 220 or 320 sandpaper on a mirror to flaten my stones. With the mirror on the table, I rub my stone upsidedown on the sandpaper. Is this an acxeptable approach?
I used Norton India Fine FB8 bench stone to flatten Japanese water stones, it works very good, because India Stone is very hard, also good ways is to rub 2 dished water stones on each other.
Use a piece of float glass and some silicon carbide powder to flatten the fixer stone, the. Use the fixer stone to flatten your water stones. Or you can use the float glass to flatten all of your stones if you prefer.
@@hugybgrl use float glass and silicon carbide powder. When the float glass dishes out, go buy or salvage another piece of glass. You can use scraps from granite countertops as well. If you really want to you can go buy a diamond lapping plate but whatever you use will eventually wear out so I go for the cheaper options 👌
How often would you recommend to flatten your stones, or what are a few key signs that your stone needs flattening? I see varying opinions on this and being that I don't sharpen a high volume of knives at the moment I don't often see the negatives of an uneven stone for a long time. I tend to clean up my stone in between uses with a rust eraser to keep it performing smoothly and flatten as I can actually see it get a little concave, but I'm not sure if that's not ideal.
Uhh, flatten your stone on occasion. You shouldn’t have to do it too often, just a light flattening every few sharpenings. It also depends on how hard your stone is. If your stone is hard, you’ll have to flatten less often.
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You're knocking it out of the park... great video
Diamond plates???
Now I know how to flatten *me* whetstone!
Thank you for sharing
Is my king 1000/ 6000 a soaking stone or splash stone?
You can also use white chalk, it has an extraordinary effect on the surface of the stone and it creates a kind of abrasive paste, just like Nagura stone.
Wouldn't sharpie get absorbed deeper into the stone? I have seen most people use pencil.
Thanks
Thats a good point, I see people using just a pencil as well
I find that pencil rubs off too easy. Sometimes even though the grid is gone, the stone is still pretty uneven.
@@Korinjapaneseknives Thanks for the response. Nice to know.
Why do finer grit stones (finishing stones) not need to be soaked prior to flattening? Do they also not need to be soaked prior to knife polishing?
When finer grits are left in water for too long, it can develop cracks or even break into piece.
You are the hero i needed
Is it possible to redo the urasuki?
I've used a peice of wet 220 or 320 sandpaper on a mirror to flaten my stones. With the mirror on the table, I rub my stone upsidedown on the sandpaper. Is this an acxeptable approach?
It is. It works, doesn't it?
@@MrxSheeK seems to work yes :)
Why is your stuff broken?
I use the straight edge on a metal square to check how flat my stones are.
I have some rough parts on the edges of my stone,I keep trying to get rid of them but they won’t go away
The flatterning stone I bought is really rough. Can I use it on my 8000 grit wet stone without leaving any scratches/marks?
I used Norton India Fine FB8 bench stone to flatten Japanese water stones, it works very good, because India Stone is very hard, also good ways is to rub 2 dished water stones on each other.
Hi Vincent, what do you use to flatten your fixer stone when it's no longer flat?
Best Regards, Mike.
The stone fixer also gets fixed by the thing your fixing i think
Use a piece of float glass and some silicon carbide powder to flatten the fixer stone, the. Use the fixer stone to flatten your water stones. Or you can use the float glass to flatten all of your stones if you prefer.
Thank you
And what about fixing what you use to flatten your fixer stone when even that is no longer flat?
@@hugybgrl use float glass and silicon carbide powder. When the float glass dishes out, go buy or salvage another piece of glass. You can use scraps from granite countertops as well. If you really want to you can go buy a diamond lapping plate but whatever you use will eventually wear out so I go for the cheaper options 👌
Can i use a nagura stone as a fixer?
I think that's for cleaning the stone
A Nagura stone is used for cleaning and building up some sediment for sharpening. It unfortunately wont work to flatten your stone.
You cant flat a big stone with a small stone (it only half flat stone)
Could you use a power tool for this?
How often would you recommend to flatten your stones, or what are a few key signs that your stone needs flattening?
I see varying opinions on this and being that I don't sharpen a high volume of knives at the moment I don't often see the negatives of an uneven stone for a long time. I tend to clean up my stone in between uses with a rust eraser to keep it performing smoothly and flatten as I can actually see it get a little concave, but I'm not sure if that's not ideal.
That is the Kitayama 8000.
@@kappablanca5192 I think you meant to reply to someone else.
WormyLeWorm oops yeah
Uhh, flatten your stone on occasion. You shouldn’t have to do it too often, just a light flattening every few sharpenings. It also depends on how hard your stone is. If your stone is hard, you’ll have to flatten less often.
You should definitely flatten if your stone looks visibly concave
Jezus what kind of stone is that it doesnt wear at all!! My shapton and other stone goes away so fast when i use my flatner 🤔🤔
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@@kappablanca5192 thanks!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
toishi is for cleaning not to flatten your stones. rather use two sharpeningstones to rub at each outher.
wtf??? do yourself a faver and buy a diamondplate.
Yep. Good advice.