Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Just going by my own observations if when honing a person puts a bit of pressure on the heel at the start and then lets up in the middle with no pressure, then a bit of pressure at the point, this ends up wearing the ends of the hone more than the middle. If you are using a pencil grid you'll see that the middle will be lapped away before the ends. Not unusual IME. Try some 325 grit while you're at it. It will go faster.
It's either that, or that it's dished. One of the two and it really is kinda hard to tell.
With my hands, it feels as though it's what you're saying. When checking my grid and my results now, it's clear that more has been sanded off the ends.
So three things are possible:
1. I'm lapping unevenly. Seems hard to do since my surface is flat.
2. The stone just has a lot of weird ups and downs.
3. The stone originally had a lot more work that needed to be done on the ends.