Quote Originally Posted by Zephyr View Post
Why? There's nothing wrong in taking a perfectly good razor to the stones, lots of us do it all the time
You're right.

Call me anal retentive, but also want to mash the slate hone for a while by lapping the back of a chisel, to see if I can knock the "smarts" off of it, if that makes any sense. i think from using it last night, that without a slurry it will hold on to its grit long enough to let me "dull" it a little (for lack of a better word), the same as a good japanese hone will settle in to polishing if you don't lap it for a while and run it on slurry.

Looking forward to seeing other peoples' pictures of bevels under a scope.