Magnet-on-Microbevel Published October 12, 2012 at 350 × 233 in How to Prevent a Metal Rule from Sliding While Sharpening a Plane Iron If you are having trouble with your metal rule sliding off your sharpening stone while honing a micro bevel, use a strong magnet to hold the whole piece together. A strong magnet holds both the plane blade and rule together when honing a microbevel.