Passing along something that has been working nicely for me.
When my higher grit waterstones need flattening, I have started working them on my black and translucent Arks.
The Arks certainly are quite capable of flattening a waterstone.
Conversely, instead of using a coarse flattening stone and washing fine grit down the sink unused, the waterstone polishes the surface of the Arks used for finishing.
I use one side of the Ark for the flattening and polishing and leave the other side finished with an Atoma 1200.
The benefit of using waterstones rather than “burnishing” with a chisel or similar object is the stone still retains the ability to cut rather than just smoothing/polishing metal.
A good flow of water is required to keep the stones from locking up. That’s a hint learned the hard way.
When my higher grit waterstones need flattening, I have started working them on my black and translucent Arks.
The Arks certainly are quite capable of flattening a waterstone.
Conversely, instead of using a coarse flattening stone and washing fine grit down the sink unused, the waterstone polishes the surface of the Arks used for finishing.
I use one side of the Ark for the flattening and polishing and leave the other side finished with an Atoma 1200.
The benefit of using waterstones rather than “burnishing” with a chisel or similar object is the stone still retains the ability to cut rather than just smoothing/polishing metal.
A good flow of water is required to keep the stones from locking up. That’s a hint learned the hard way.