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I think with a dmt the slurry if you don't keep a diamond plate free of muck during lapping, the abrasives chew away the nickel and you lose your diamonds

Sort of reeling it all back in, if Lynn is at all interested, he should send him a sample..

I'm not going to rip into either of the guys who have sold those, but I always thought the price was daft for an unknown. I got mine from a friend in trade who had extras , personally I would not buy...

If it is the gila material it's not quite like just taking a typical polished disc of jasper or agate. If you have the surface prepped matte it stays that way, it doesn't really glaze fully or worse...

Some hones definitely play to how they are prepped on the surface. Carborundums and arks are the most blatant examples

I suspect it's the same or similar material as the brown apache black gilas. Never had that but I have a green gila. The problem I have with all of them is they are expensive and god forbid you need...

Assigning hard grit ratings to naturals is folly. They often change in character even as you periodically lap into them. They either progress your edge from whatever came before or knock it back...