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Note well modern hones are head and shoulders better than almost all old school barber hones. Carborundum brand hones can be equal to the near 7k grit hones when lapped and clean. Old school...

Can you feel it if you take a bit of 500 to 1000 grit 3M wet dry
and worry the area of the scratch and relieve the edges of
the scratch.

Some but not all barber hones have a very different...

+1 on clear water or perhaps a bit of lather.

Since barber hones do not develop a slurry (unless abused) I stumbled
on using a white fluoride toothpaste to "wake up the surface". Toothpaste...