This is just a thought but I have to agree with Utopian your razor should not be taking off that much of your stone. To the point that it needs to be lapped over & over during the honing process. Also the stone should not be taking a lot of the razor either. How do you know the object that laps your stone is truly flat? And if it doesn't have to be to flatten the stone why does the stone have to be truly flat to hone the razor? Just a thought