Quote Originally Posted by rlmnshvstr8 View Post
"Scratch pattern ON the stone". That sounds weird to me. Do you mean the scratch pattern left on the blade or is it as you wrote. If the hone is scratched up. Take a pic the best you can and post it, and what are you using to lap it with. Unless I am mistaken in my thoughts, then nevermind
I misunderstood. Scratch-patterns are usually referred to as in the bevel. Not the hone. Scratch-patterns upon a clean, freshly-lapped stone can (obviously) mean only one thing.
The razor applied to it has scratched it. No fault of the hone, I would think.