Honing a Chisel on a Water Stone
FluxHoning a Chisel on a Water Stone is a Flux.1 dev prompt that renders a blade on a wet stone with slurry. It suits woodworking editorial and sharpening-gear product photography.
Last tested: July 2026 with Flux Flux.1 dev
Part of the Flux prompt library · see more photorealistic prompts .
Prompt
Close photograph of a chisel blade being drawn across a wet grey water stone, a thin dark slurry of swarf and water trailing the edge, the bevel reflecting a bright window, droplets on the stone's surface, soft directional light, calm photorealistic workshop detail
Settings
- Model
- Flux Flux.1 dev
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Steps
- 28
- CFG scale
- 3.5
How to use this prompt
The dark slurry trailing the edge is the proof that steel is actually being removed, so name it — a dry stone with a chisel sitting on it reads as a static product shot, not an active sharpening. The bevel must catch 'a bright window' to show it is polished to a mirror; without that reflection the edge looks dull and the point of the image is lost. Keep the stone wet with visible droplets — water is what distinguishes a water stone from sandpaper. A low camera angle near the stone surface makes the bevel reflection readable.
Variations to try
- Strop finish — the chisel on a leather strop with green compound for the final polish
- Overhead — both stones, coarse and fine, with the chisel resting between them
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What to do next
For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Honing a Chisel on a Water Stone",
"prompt": "Close photograph of a chisel blade being drawn across a wet grey water stone, a thin dark slurry of swarf and water trailing the edge, the bevel reflecting a bright window, droplets on the stone's surface, soft directional light, calm photorealistic workshop detail",
"model": "Flux",
"model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"steps": 28,
"cfg": 3.5
},
"style_tags": [
"photorealistic",
"minimalist"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"product-photography",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/chisel-hone-strop/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
