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Ah, that makes more sense. Although it still suggests an interesting experiment for somebody with hones to spare. Perhaps you could dry sand the surface before use to create a finer surface, or...

That makes me wonder, how does lapping affect this? would repeated lapping with fine grits cause this sort of Japanese hone to become finer, or would it more or less "undo" the process?

I'm sure there's a lot of folks who could give you better information than me, but one thing I will say, is that there's a lot more to the way a hone works than just the grit. The size, shape and...