I sandpaper sharpen my irons and chisels; however, due to a lack of high grit sandpaper, I purcased a 8k grit japanese waterstone to put on my finishing polish.
I ordered http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ss_T15_product
It came in the mail about 20 min ago, and I unpacked it, and I found all the directions were in Japanese. It comes in plastic case with holes on the bottom on the case and a sheet of styrofoam under the stone and between the bottom of the plastic case. On one side of the stone, the name of the company and the stone type are written.
Do I keep the styrofoam sheet in the pastic case while in use? Or is it for packaging only?
Can I use the side of the stone with the writing on it, or do I have to grind that side down or just use the reverse side?
It's an 8k grit stone, so when I need to flatten it, what grit paper should I use?
Thanks,
Chris