--- product_id: 324075652 title: "Bacher Flattening Stone for Whetstones - Coarse 220 Grit, Levels 100-8000 | JIS certified abrasive | Dressing block for oilstones, waterstones, ceramic | Solid carborundum | Deep, self-clearing grooves" brand: "bacher" price: "€ 49.32" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Bacher" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/324075652-bacher-flattening-stone-for-whetstones-coarse-220-grit-levels-100 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Self-clearing grooves - no clogging, consistent cut 180x60x30 mm - stable, ergonomic size 220 grit silicon carbide - fast & durable Bacher Flattening Stone for Whetstones - Coarse 220 Grit, Levels 100-8000 | JIS certified abrasive | Dressing block for oilstones, waterstones, ceramic | Solid carborundum | Deep, self-clearing grooves **Brand:** bacher **Price:** € 49.32 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🛠️ Flatten your stones, sharpen your edge, own the craft. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Bacher Flattening Stone for Whetstones - Coarse 220 Grit, Levels 100-8000 | JIS certified abrasive | Dressing block for oilstones, waterstones, ceramic | Solid carborundum | Deep, self-clearing grooves by bacher - **How much does it cost?** € 49.32 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/324075652-bacher-flattening-stone-for-whetstones-coarse-220-grit-levels-100) ## Best For - bacher enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted bacher brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Universal Compatibility:** Works seamlessly on all whetstones from #100 to #8000 grit—waterstones, oilstones, natural, ceramic, and resin-bonded. - • **Certified Abrasive Power:** JIS R6001 certified 220 grit silicon carbide ensures fast, reliable flattening with a fine finish ready for sharpening. - • **Ergonomic & Durable Design:** Compact 180x60x30 mm size fits comfortably in one hand, built to last years of daily workshop use. - • **Precision Flatness Every Time:** Restores your whetstone’s surface to perfect flatness, preserving edge angles from heel to tip. - • **Innovative Self-Clearing Grooves:** Unique groove design channels slurry away, preventing clogging and maintaining cutting efficiency throughout use. ## Overview The Bacher Flattening Stone is a premium 220 grit silicon carbide leveling tool designed to restore and maintain the flatness of all whetstones from #100 to #8000 grit. Its certified abrasive surface and self-clearing grooves ensure fast, clog-free flattening, preserving sharpening precision and extending stone life. Ergonomically sized and built for durability, it’s the essential upgrade for any sharpening station aiming for professional-grade results. ## Description Product Description BACHER Flattening Stone for Whetstones – fix and reshape Damaged Sharpening Stones, Recommended for #100-#8000 grit Stones With time, the surface of whetstones stops being perfectly even and flat. This is a natural and inevitable consequence of sharpening knives on a water stone. Uneven use of the surface of the stone makes the sharpening process more difficult and its effects unsatisfactory. In order for the whetstone to sharpen properly, it must be perfectly even and the appearance of any cavities requires immediate repair. The solution to this problem is Bacher's flattening stone, which quickly and effectively levels the surface of waterstones, restoring their proper abrasive properties . Thanks to the use of coarse and very durable silicon carbide, with a gradation of 220, the correction of the deformed surface of worn-out whetstones becomes extremely easy . Specification Material: Silicon carbide Grit: 220 Length: 180mm Width: 60mm Height: 30mm Weight: 560g An unquestionable advantage of the stone is precisely cut grooves , which have been designed especially for easy and quick removal of steel residues that settle on the stone surface after sharpening . The unique grooving function provides a much more accurate process of removing irregularities from the stone surface. Moreover, the large abrasive surface of our levelling stone is perfectly sized in order to achieve the desired smoothing effect in the shortest possible time. How to use the flattening stone? Step 1 Put the stone sharpener and smoothing stone into water for about 15 minutes. This will make the smoothing effect of the stone surface faster. Step 2 After removing the stone from the water, use a pencil to draw several lines running across the entire surface of the stone. Step 3 Rub the smoothing stone's corrugated side with medium pressure. The disappearance of the drawn lines will mean that the stone surface has already been perfectly aligned. Note: In order to make the smoothing process easier and faster, make sure that the surface of the sharpener is constantly moistened. Review: Very useful, should have bought one before. - A great bit of kit to add to my sharpening station. Made light work of my Japanese waterstones; 2,000, 5,000, 8,000 grit. Highly recommended. Review: Fantastic! - I got into using Japanese wetstones some years ago in my 50s. Frankly, these are skills you should learn at school! Every other knife sharpening technique and tool seems such a waste of time, effort and money once you have mastered the - really quite relaxing - technique. My stones though are always getting worn and dippy, so I occasionally dry them and flatten them out with sandpaper or wet&dry paper on a flat surface. It works, but it's messy and slow. I saw a few 'Meh!' reviews about this stone flattening tool, so to balance things up a bit I have to say I'm blown away by this inexpensive, fast and effective tool. A really big surprise. Frankly one of these will probably outlast me. It's one of those tools that I wish I'd bought years ago and I would recommend to anyone who appreciates a sharp blade. A really fast way to get a dead flat wetstone. JM. ## Features - FLAT STONE, SHARP EDGE: A hollowed whetstone rounds the bevel and steals precision from every stroke - you press harder, the angle drifts, and only the high spots of the stone do any cutting. This Bacher flattening stone brings a worn, dished or uneven sharpening surface back to true, so your edge angle stays constant from heel to tip and the whole face cuts again. Use it on a stone that has already cupped in the middle, or as routine maintenance after every session to keep the surface dead flat - a stone you flatten regularly needs only a minute of work, a badly neglected one takes longer. A dished stone is not worn out, it is simply out of shape. - COARSE 220 GRIT, JIS R6001 CERTIFIED: Cut from silicon carbide (carborundum), the abrasive that cuts quickly and wears slowly. The 220 grit is certified to JIS R6001, the Japanese Industrial Standard issued by the Japanese Standards Association - the particle size is verified, not merely declared. One coarse grit covers the whole working range, from #100 shaping stones to #8000 finishing stones, so there is only ever one face to reach for, and the finish it leaves is fine enough to sharpen on straight away. Quality is inspected by an independent third-party inspection company. - FITS EVERY WHETSTONE ON YOUR BENCH: Levels Japanese waterstones, oilstones, natural stones, ceramic and resin-bonded stones, combination stones and bench stones alike - whatever the grit, and whatever you sharpen on them: kitchen knives, pocket knives, chisels, plane irons, scissors, secateurs, axes and garden tools. It also takes the glaze off a surface that has stopped cutting. One block covers the whole bench, so you are not matching a different flattener to every stone you own. Not intended for diamond plates, which stay flat by design and do not need levelling. - DEEP, SELF-CLEARING GROOVES: The grooves run right across the working face - the face you actually rub with - at a set spacing and angle, so slurry and removed stone are carried away instead of clogging the contact patch. That is what keeps the cut biting from the first pass to the last and makes the result predictable; a plain flat block loads up and slows down. The 180 x 60 x 30 mm body gives a long, stable stroke, sits squarely in one hand rather than needing two, and is thick enough to leave years of usable material even under daily workshop use. - HOW TO USE IT, STEP BY STEP: 1) Pencil a grid of lines about 2 cm apart across the hollow surface. 2) Soak both stones in a bowl of water for 10 minutes, until the bubbling stops. 3) Rub with even pressure, edge to edge, until every pencil line has gone - a lightly worn stone takes about a minute, a badly dished one up to 30 minutes. 4) Rinse both stones and let them dry standing on edge. Always work wet: used dry the surface loads up with dust and cuts slowly. The pencil grid is the surest way to see when the face is flat - the lines vanish last exactly where the stone stood highest. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B093LBTG73 | | Best Sellers Rank | 24,592 in DIY & Tools ( See Top 100 in DIY & Tools ) 10 in Sharpening Stones | | Brand | Bacher | | Brand Name | Bacher | | Colour | Grey | | Country Of Origin | China | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 502 Reviews | | Grit Type | Coarse | | Grit type | Coarse | | Item Dimensions L x W x H | 18L x 6W x 3H centimetres | | Item Type Name | Flattening stone | | Item Weight | 0.5 Kilograms | | Item weight | 0.5 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | Bacher | | Material | Carborundum | | Material Type | Carborundum | | Number of Items | 1 | | Number of Packs | 1 | | Product dimensions | 18L x 6W x 3H centimetres | ## Product Details - **Material:** Carborundum - **Brand:** Bacher - **Colour:** Grey - **Product dimensions:** 18L x 6W x 2.7H centimetres - **Grit type:** Ultra Fine - **Number of items:** 1 - **Manufacturer:** Bacher ## Images ![Bacher Flattening Stone for Whetstones - Coarse 220 Grit, Levels 100-8000 | JIS certified abrasive | Dressing block for oilstones, waterstones, ceramic | Solid carborundum | Deep, self-clearing grooves - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81A8ydFOz7L.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: will I need another flattening stone for the flattening stone?** A: No, there is no need to level the surface of the flattening stone. **Q: Can I use it on a 1000/6000 wet stone** A: Yes, you can use on any waterstone that needs a level surface. Both stones should be soaked in water beforehand. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very useful, should have bought one before. *by A***K on 5 July 2026* A great bit of kit to add to my sharpening station. Made light work of my Japanese waterstones; 2,000, 5,000, 8,000 grit. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic! *by L***N on 10 June 2024* I got into using Japanese wetstones some years ago in my 50s. Frankly, these are skills you should learn at school! Every other knife sharpening technique and tool seems such a waste of time, effort and money once you have mastered the - really quite relaxing - technique. My stones though are always getting worn and dippy, so I occasionally dry them and flatten them out with sandpaper or wet&dry paper on a flat surface. It works, but it's messy and slow. I saw a few 'Meh!' reviews about this stone flattening tool, so to balance things up a bit I have to say I'm blown away by this inexpensive, fast and effective tool. A really big surprise. Frankly one of these will probably outlast me. It's one of those tools that I wish I'd bought years ago and I would recommend to anyone who appreciates a sharp blade. A really fast way to get a dead flat wetstone. JM. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does the job! *by O***N on 2 June 2024* My sharpening stones were getting worn unevenly, and this was causing issues when sharpening my plane blades. I kept looking at these flattening stones, some are really expensive. Due to the price I took the plunge, and I have to say it did a cracking job, made me realise just how out of flat my stones were. I flattened a 1000, 2000 and 3000 grit stone. Takes a bit of effort but worth it. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/324075652-bacher-flattening-stone-for-whetstones-coarse-220-grit-levels-100](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/324075652-bacher-flattening-stone-for-whetstones-coarse-220-grit-levels-100) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-08-22*