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If you cannot really tell a difference in a chip size after 200 laps on a hone, then this hone is nowhere even remotely close to a bevel setter. That is my experience with the aoto, too. Besides the...

Sham,

He is not trying to be reasonable. He pretty much gave me the finger in his replies. He is not going to get a positive feedback from me and I cannot recommend his business to the members of...

The seller keeps telling me that I have no idea how natural hones work and I am seeing "deep scratches caused by this coarse stone". Deep scratch my ar*e...

Thank you Holli. Your aoto must be coming from the same batch as mine. Watch for the uneven wear. It feels like one side of my stone is even softer that the other one.

Here is a picture of an edge...

Close-up of my aoto. This is what it looks like after lapping and honing (several dozens of laps). To me, it feels more like a clump of mud than a stone.
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Thank you for rubbing it in! ;)

What condition did the aoto arrive in? Smooth and flat or deep grooves and saw marks?

Any updates gentlemen? Am I the only party pooper in town?

Alx,

Thank you for your comments. I think that you are spot on. I apologize if you feel that I drag the word "aoto" through mud here. Do I feel that my stone is a piece of rubble and performs as...

I am cool, Kevin. :beer1:

All sides look equally bad but I think I will cut it in half to see if I can find a better material there. If not, I will send it to Sham for his evaluation. ;)

To Adrspach: Thank you, I am blushing now. :)

To Sham: It is good that you have a good performing aoto that we can use as a reference frame. If quality of aotos on the market varies from good...

I wish you better luck with your stones. Mine seems to be a very low grade. It wears out unevenly, there are many pits in the surface left after honing, there are cracks and cavities in its body. I...

I have tried. It leaves a lot of small chips in the edge.

Can you feel them when dragging a razor over them? They are definitely hard in mine. When I rub the Aoto against a large C12k (a hard one), the rusty veins leave deep scratches in the Chinese.

The stone is more green/brown than blue. Can you see the "rusty" veins and spots? They are all over the stone, some clearly visible, some very thin yet they can be felt.

Anyone got his aoto from 330mate yet? I received mine today, spent a few hours with it and am about 85% sure mine is of no use for razors because of its (lack) of quality.

There are many...

Was it the post office or customs?

Good news indeed. I am waiting for the same stone.