Well..... you are probably right.. I happened to have the stuff to get rid of the chip and I did hone some of my razors already.. but I did find that removing the chip was a hell of a lot easier than honing a razor to shavereadyness....

But I started the wrong way with honing anyway.. didnt break in the DMT and started honing on a wedge...I learned it the hard way that honing isnt that easy... (it is a lot of fun though)

Maarten