Seems this is my night to ask all those pesky hand tool questions!
Recently I've been spending a lot of time restoring and sharpening old hand planes. So far it's going pretty well.I really love the edge that a water stone can give your blade. But the mess is becoming a real PITA! It seems like the slurry gets over everything!
So I have some questions I'd like to ask those of you who use water stones.
- How do you store your water stones? Do you have a dedicated "box", or carrier? I use a LV Stone Pond. But since I purchased some more stones, it's getting clunky to lug around. I was thinking of making a simple box that would hold all my water stones in wooden cradles.
- How do you contain the mess? If I could find a big enough flat plastic rectangular tray (about the size of a big cookie sheet), I'd use that. With it's raised lip, it'd be perfect for containing any stray moisture. But so far, I can't locate on big enough.
Thanks in advance.