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I'll let the real honing pros tackle the lapping question on this one. :) I definitely stand to be corrected, but as I understand it, with *some* barber's hones, once the original surface has been...

The shave test is the thing to go by. When the razor no longer performs as you expect, then it's time to consider touching it up a bit. There really (IMHO) is no other reliable way to make that call....