Originally Posted by
Utopian
Are the pits catching the blade at all? If they are not projecting up, and only extend down, they should be irrelevant. A lot of hones, natural and sythetic, have pitting, but of course most of them are only visible under the microscope!
Honestly, I have no freaking clue why the pits are growing. If I understand what you described, the pits grew without using the hone but did not get worse when you used the hone with some stainless steel. Is that correct? Did the pits grow without any exposure to water???