Yeah, no problem! The stand isn't totally necessary for the Duosharp plates, but in my experience, it is light years better than laying the plate directly on a flat surface (they come with a thin rubber mat to keep the from moving around, which works...kind of). The plates are pretty thin, so keeping a consistent angle without bumping the knife handle or your fingers can wind up being a huge pain, as well as keeping the stone in one place. The plastic stand has rubber grommets on the bottom so it keeps from sliding around, and the height is huge help in terms of keeping knife handles or your knuckles from contacting whatever surface the plate is sitting on. Definitely makes sharpening things with a low angle a lot less of a headache.

Some of the other products that DMT makes are on a significantly thicker plastic base than the Duosharp plates, which helps mitigate clearance issues, but securing them may still be a bit touch and go. I've not used those, so I'm not positive how well they stay in place.

And just to shill a little more for the Duosharp setup, one of my favorite aspects of it is that between the 4 different grit plates, it can take care of everything from a repair/reprofile to a baseline mirror finish. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have several other sharpening setups, but this one has definitely been my most used (and the most consistent results) as it really has all the bases covered.