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Jim,

In theory I agree that pitting on the stone's surface seems like a bad thing. But it really doesn't seem to affect anything (on my new stone, at least).

The only comparison I've been able...

Billy,

Yes, my new stone does have pits similar to the defective one. I lapped it on 220 grit and 1200-grit paper, and it feels silky. But when I hold it up to strong sidelighting, I can still see...

Thanks to everyone for their help on my issues with my Norton. I talked to customer service, and they sent me a new stone.

The new one lapped up much more easily than the last one and it's silky...

An hour of lapping with the 1200-grit Norton sandpaper didn't do any good. My suspicion was correct: some of the pits seemed to come out, but others appeared, so I didn't make any progress.

I...

Well, I've contacted Norton to see if they'd be able to give me a replacement stone. Over lunch I bought a few sheets of Norton 1200 wet-dry sandpaper, so I'll give that a try this evening. I haven't...

Well, after a couple of weeks and trying several different strategies, I'm still getting a gritty feeling on the 8k side of my Norton. I think I may have figured out the problem, though.

So...