Cutting a Japanese waterstone down to size

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i have about five! yes i am a tiler by trade!! if you ever up my way your welcome come use my big cutter!that goes to anyone on the forum.i tend to use my grinder for most cuts these days
 
some interesting ideas thrown up there :) I've tried most and can say for sure that drilling, chiselling and trying to snap along a groove all leave you with more than one piece of stone, but not necessarily straight or regular pieces :D

angle grinder with a diamond coated blade (for tiles and masonry) works very well but a wet running tile saw is much better ;) The only trouble is that the tile saws only cut to a depth of about 20mm, the stones are about 25mm :rolleyes:

ah well there ya go, dont do what i said ;)
was just an idea, all i know is that it works well for bricks :)

ATB
TJ
 
After all that: decided to leave my axe at home this trip and will just be taking a small fine diamond/ceramic combination stone for my knife (was planning on using the waterstone for both axe and knife).

Thanks for all your suggestions (club hammer and all :)) and for your kind offer, bigandy!
 

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