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

Gentlemen

Now I started to pack my hones inventory I guess it is time to make a desition about this abused small coticule I got from a vendor who sold me a vintage razor.
To my knowlege it should be a natural coticule/bbw combo, the point is that the coticule side is almost worn in the midle of the hone (concave shape) and I would like to know if I should lap it an let it flat, maybe usable if there is enough stone left in the middle.
In that case I will be wasting most of the material still left at both ends, another option that came to my mind is to brake it and lap smaller pieces (less material wasted) and use them as slurry stones of my almost new coticule.
Both hones are small 1 1/2 x 6" I could use them as finishing stones but I want to make the best possible choice.
Here is an actual picture for your evaluation and considerations
As allways thanks in advance for your time and comments