Why don't you use ceramic stones?

[george wilson]

I have sharpened everything I have just fine on my 2" wide stones,including the 3" blade from my big jointer plane that I have posted here. I just move the blade about while sharpening,to get all of it sharp. No biggie.

Matthew,I have mentioned in my first post here,that an Arkansas stone is terribly soft compared to a ceramic. I easily re grind broken Arkansas slip stones into special shapes. But,only a diamond will cut the ceramics.

Read my initial post again,if you haven't.

You cannot find a steel that the ceramic stones cannot cut. But,I could not get a D2 knife razor sharp on my Arkansas,or any other stone I had at the time. The ceramics sharpened it right up.