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Originally Posted by salazch

Is there a video or something that I can watch that shows how to do this?

Start with the Wiki. Here is a link to Lapping 101 and a Search

Originally Posted by AxelH

Okay, intervention time. Make sure the flattening stone is truly flat. Others can fill in the advice on that (mine was warped way beyond flattening its sillycon carbide with sandpaper on a flat surface). Also, make sure your hones are flat (mine apparently were). Also, give us the info on country of origin on the 4k/8k stone and be aware that some of the Norton 4,000s are notorious for having micro-holes that will fill in with swarf; the embedded swarf becomes lodged in the holes and then next time the delicate razor's edge runs into it... crunch! It's not so much a chip as a trench.

My combo stone was fine for the first real razor I honed on it. Then it "turned bad". Most other members whose 4,000s were bad.. they had worn off enough of the material to reveal good hone underneath. A nearby mentor used a beltsander to try to get rid of even more of the damned, cursed white Mexican crap. To no avail. So mine was the opposito, senor. Heh heh, heh heh, have more tequila, mane!

The 4k side is from italy, the 8k side from USA

Originally Posted by salazch

The 4k side is from italy, the 8k side from USA

I don't really know if the country of origin matters at this point. I'm just cautioning you. If you're new to honing you may blame yourself first for something like swarf crunching badness. Come to think of it, Italy is a fantastically corrupt country, not unlike... Mexico! I'll buy another Norton 4k once they set up a factory in some war-torn, pirate-infested, roving bands of brain-washed child-armies strung out on ganja and gunpowder African country. I'm sure then they'll be fine. TMI?

Originally Posted by salazch

Is there a video or something that I can watch that shows how to do this?

There is now. Check out the video Stubear did on how to chamfer the edges of a hone.