I'll try to take a photo of mine here soon and we can compare lol. Maybe I'll even give my blade a run on it here tomorrow. :)
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Ok, I tried to remove scratch from a knife( rapale style) to compare the black stone and the pike hone.
Here are my not so scientific results :
PIKE
Before:
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After 50 passes
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After 100 passes
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LITTLE BLACK STONE
Before:
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After 50 passes
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After 100 passes
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(seems to havec a lot of watermark on it.
Bear in mind that I tried to keep the angle but its not like a razor with a spine.
Tried to keep the same angle for the pics but it was not so easy
I am somewhat surprised by the litte black stone. Seems to work faster than I had tought.