I just got my 4/8k in the mail today, along with the DMT 325 to lap it with. I've never honed a razor before but I have some coming from ebay to practice on. I pulled the stone out of the box and couldn't believe the rocker on it. The long tail cats around here were scared and run off. I wanted sent it back but I guess this is normal and I'll wait a little bit and read some more, get my stone lapped eventually and see what honing is about. Thanks for the info everyone!