On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:05 AM, John Ruth  wrote:

>
> Maybe coarsely flatten your stone on smooth concrete with water and then
> use the expensive diamond stones to put the finishing touches on it?
>

I have been using the gutter in front of the house to reshape a hatchet
head with a huge nick in it.  A few minutes every so often, and I have
greatly reduced the nick.  No where near flat, but as John says, coarsely.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, who sorta sorted out a bonanza of re
sharpened files from Boggs yesterday. They are no longer in boxes, but
securely wrapped up in drawers right now.