How flat should the new hard Arkansas stone be?
I bought a black 10"x3" stone from Natural Whetstone and it is quite off. It actually rocks in its box. Checking on a reference plate verified the twist of around .007 in.
This is a second stone from them with the same problem. According to company nobody else has problems and they are willing to take the stone back so that is good, but I am wandering if this is normal for a stone of this size. It almost seems like I got the same stone twice because wood box it came in was banged up in the same way as the first one and stone was out of flat in the same way. Maybe there are some systemic issues.
Best side of the stone has a 2.5" long and 1" wide high spot of about 4-5 thousands right in the center, I was thinking of trying to lap it out and then it would be fairly decent and I could keep it. Any suggestions on how to lap out the high spot without making more of a mess?
Thanks.