Tojiro F-421 — Leveling bar for whetstones # 60, Japan

For preliminary smoothing of a working surface and preparation for sharpening works.

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Before sharpening, a new abrasive is required to be prepared.

This will require a special tool with which the angular chamfers are removed and the plane is proactively aligned.

Such a procedure is made a rule with a very coarse grain.

After grinding, the leveled block is washed to remove large particles.

An indispensable thing, in a good set of grinder.

Without it, competent processing and editing of Japanese water stones is impossible.