I purchased a hard and translucent from Dan's; both 8x3's. The hard was flat and required no lapping. The translucent was not flat and I used wet/dry starting at 600 and finishing at 2000. I then used a large kitchen knife and went at it for hundreds of laps.
I had assumed that this stone was flat and had not touched it and being a total noob didn't know what I was doing. Contacting a mentor here on the forum got me straight on getting my hones right.
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