I have this barber hone that I'm determined to use for some reason. It's called a Barber's Choice, by Boss. The cardboard box says to use it for four to six swipes to refresh the blade.

Here's the thing: I lapped it on 400 grit and 800 grit sandpaper, and now it seems like it's pretty coarse.

I did a bunch of strokes on my Norton 4000 to make an even bevel, then I did a half dozen strokes on the barber hone. When I compare the scratch pattern to those from the barber hone, I can see that the barber hone scratches are bigger. (I'm using the 60x RadioShack microscope.)

Would polishing the barber hone on a higher grit paper make the hone finer, or do I just have a coarse hone? That would be weird, because the original instructions seem to indicate that the hone would be pretty high grit.