Well, as you know I'm quite a newbie and maybe I say/do often something wrong... :)
Anyway, I believe the chip won't disappear until a new bevel will be set. But this is not the purpose of this comparative series, and it stands there just as a reference point to standardize the images. Of course it's so small I don't even feel it when shaving.
Finger and treetop tests are just a rough and fast way to check if I made some damages during the honig session. The final judgment comes from shaving and I update each time the general results.
Actually I'm preparing a more analytic ranking of the shaves and will post it when all the Tomos will have been tested with each base stone.