Folks,
After honing up a new Wapi on my (new) Belgian Blue stone, I noticed
an extremely sharp edge, but found 2 small chips near the toe of the
blade. I'm unsure whether or not these were present before the honing,
but I thought I should give my hone a lap with the D8C because I had
noticed some rough patches near the sides and corners.
After several seconds of lapping, however, the surface of the hone was
scratched and had a rough feeling where the scratches appeared. My
method of lapping was to bring the D8C and the blue hone together in
hand and rub in a circular motion with plenty of water.
What can I do to return my hone to that silky smoothness, and fix my
D8C?
P.S. I noticed the exact same scratch pattern with the Norton 4/8k
that I lapped with this diamond hone