I need to look for the old stones that my PaPa used for sharpening his woodcarving and pearing knives. I know that those were some serious worn stones that had a serious bow in the middle. Thanks HD, that brought back some memories of me watching him work that steel over.

I have convexed a few different blades on stones before by not knowing what I was doing, and I have even used a coarse diamond table one to semi-convex before. I am hoping that by this fall that I have picked up a belt sander to start my convexing adventures. I just need some place to do it. Space is extremely limited right now, and that is why I thought about trying my hand at a palm sander except mine decided to burn the motor up. I just can't justify getting a new palm sander when I can get a belt sander from HF for about the same.

Speaking of work areas, does anyone use a breakdown table to convex with a belt sander? I have been thinking about getting one of the Black and Decker folding tables, replacing the top with a nice heavy duty laminated top, and use it for reloading and possibly belt sander. I figure with limited space the table can be broke down and stored along with equipment when I am not using, and it would not take long to set up or take down. I have realized that a lot of my shooting ammo stock is depleating and I single stage so what the heck. Winter is approaching so it might be a cure for this cramped house.