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Hone was STILL scratching the edge. So I ran this over 4000, 6000 and 8000 polishing paper to finally get a consistant surface. The hone is just so damned hard it doesn't wear in at all. The flip...

I ended up doing a lot of lapping on 600 grit wd sandpaper. The face was still too rough and the hone is so hard that it doesn't break in at all.

http://i.imgur.com/U5CS1.jpg

Just a little bit of wear.

Wouldn't you rather use it like this?

http://i.imgur.com/0ni1j.jpg

Amazingly no huge chips on the cutting side. Took almost 2 hrs on 200 diamond hone to remove all of this. After facing, it's a great hone, I'm very happy with it. Brand is columbia, color is red...