The love/hate relationship I've had with my DMT's conitinues.. currently on the "love" swing of the pendulum.

My DMT 8E is now very... very... thoroughly broken in. And the more it's broken in, the better it performs. It still seems to cut every bit as fast as it did when it was new, but the edge it leaves is far, far finer. Using a heel leading stroke (X or straight down the stone) seems to really help keep the edge fine with this stone. Also, using a good bit of Ivory Liquid dishwashing soap in the water lube helps alot, too.

I got the Shapton 1k thinking that I just wasn't going to be able to get the DMT 8E to cooperate as far as microchipping and smoothness goes. Now I'm wishing I woulda taken Glen's advice and gotten the Shapton 2k, cause the DMT is working just fine now.