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The hone works like a charm for touching up my blades... and is a fun item to own as well. :)

Here you go, a couple of close ups- one showing the general condition of the fine side- which is pretty glazed- , and then a close up of the scratches and embedded grit on the coarse side. It really...

Thanks, Sham. I'll put up a picture for the sake of garnering info and showing off, but it's more of a long streak through the middle 2/3 of the hone. Kind of where you would see dishing if someone...

Thanks, Steve! I figured it would take a while, but I had no idea what kind of grit to start working at- and was afraid of hurting a very nice old hone if I started too low.

Chaps (And chapesses)-
I have a Keen Kutter hone here in very fine condition, excepting one point- it has a fair bit of dirt and what looks like 120-grit SiC embedded in the fine side. The...