Thread: Honing on a scratched BBW and Chosera 1K... would that harm a razor's edge?

Hi, there,

I've been using Chosera 1K, BBWs and Coticules for about a year or more so far. They don't have much wear but some of them are "scratched", especially my large BBW. No picture of my Chosera 1k because I've removed scratches very easily with a diamond plate.

However, getting rid of the scratches on my BBW's surface seems rather daunting... I've done some honing on that surface anyway, Gold Dollar, Bokers... but I'm afraid I can't tell a difference in the resulting edge before and after that scratched surface.

I'm pretty sure I made those scratches when performing a rolling X-Stroke on some of my razors.

And since I've been honing for only about a year, I've got two questions and I'd really appreciate any piece of advice...

1) Can these scratches harm a razor's edge or is it only a cosmetic issue?

2) Should I take them away some way or leave my waterstones as they are right now?

And the other side of my BBW is scratched as well and I'm not really sure if I should care or not...

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