Thread: To lap or no to lap that is the question

I have also heard of some saving the slurry from flattening in a powder form to use back on top.
Has anyone done this?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

You could use the thick ends of the yellow side as a slurry stone without cutting it for a while. Then when the stone is closer to flat lap it. The thick ends are free stone as it sits and you can still experiment with the dished surface in the mean time.

After read all your answers and evaluated the prons & cons then I said to me why ask for the community wisdom if you will not hear what they have to say, so we have a winner, bluesman7 suggestion covers all the angles and offers the cleanest solution af all, I can use the stone as is it to experiment the effects on the bevel or as a finisher, also can be used as slurry stone, I can also lap the BBW to use it if I wish to.
I will let the hone just as it is, but now I have some good arguments to do that and since I have a brand new similar stone, I can have the best of worlds just doing nothing.
Sometimes less is more
Thank you guys

I used one dished like that for a long time to sharpen butcher knives. It worked fine. Don't see why it wouldn't work for razors as long as it's evenly worn and smooth. A little different edge profile but should still be sharp.

Originally Posted by kelbro

Don't see why it wouldn't work for razors as long as it's evenly worn and smooth.

The problem as I see it would be that when honing a non smiling blade, any bias (heel leading or lagging) would cause the center of the edge to lift off of the stone.