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Ah yes, that was after lapping! So even when smooth, the DT started fairly quickly, converting the rough edge to a quite polished edge in about 30 laps. It did seem to peter out when trying to remove...

Well it certainly did before it was lapped smooth! And since I am unlikely to lap both sides, I still have the option to use the rough side.

I've only used it once as a finisher and it did a fine...

Maybe I should've used my Norton flattening stone. Of course I'd need to lap that first and ... hold on isn't that where I came in?:rofl2:

I did a pretty extreme test on a spare razor. Abused it pretty badly on a DMT 8C (325 grit) then a D8E (1200grit) then went straight to the Dragon's Tongue.

After 30 laps the bevel already had a...

I've got round to lapping my hones with the DMT8C, and I'm kicking myself hard for not getting the D8XX instead. Lapping 6 hone surfaces takes a long time. In fact I had to leave some unfinished...

Here are some pics. Neither hone has been lapped by me. The Dragon's Tongue is a little porous, you should be able to see this in the wet / drying-off pictures.


Dragon's tongue + Coticule -...

I just got 2 new hones, and was thinking how I could easily judge when each one had done its stuff in a progression. Sometimes I forget or misjudge how coarse the previous hone was, making it hard to...