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I still think its cool how the slurry on the black one looks like a reddish chocolate. I need to try the other out using a slurry stone from the black slate...curious how it'd perform.

Yep, black was my first hone ever.

Glad ya like em, ill probably make more but will be quite limited as I get burned out LOL. The dark one was the first hone I ever made and it gives a great edge. The other I haven't played with too...

Dang....looks promising...I want a slab LOL.

Yeah, it had more but had to do more lapping which took most of it off.

They are slightly beveled

Now that I have some daylight here's a picture of the surface off of 320 dmt...fast and very fine hone.

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One down...many more to go Haha.

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Pretty sure I can knock 1 out per hour at this rate though...easiest stone I've worked with...pretty hard material but not insane

Almost there...

Couple low spots but extra course dmt knocking it out!
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Nope no illusions here...already got

This slab
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Looking like this
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May be the easiest stone ever to lap...it had a couple fractures and has amazingly level layering after prying it apart at the fractures. Just gotta make a couple cuts first....going to make some...

Made a stop and grabbed a piece of a thicker layer from that face my previous hone stone came from today today....very consistent colors and layers and fractures in side you can see where it should...

Well...another one finished.

It was the neighbor to my test stone so should hone very similarly.

Measurements:

long side 6 1/2"
short side 3 3/4"
width across middle is 2 5/8"
Ends are...

I had one already....were on sale plus a coupon...50 bucks each after tax basically.

Well....I'm good to go on dmt plates after a trip to Woodcraft LOL...

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And here's what I'm lapping right now....has a shallow fracture I'm chasing...hopefully it laps out....I like this...

Ive got 10 spots I can stop on the way home, just methodically picking up some when I feel my HCD (hone crafting disorder) firing up. Luckily I havent had issues with inclusions yet (knock on wood)...

The blue side is soft but far harder than a king 6k, but far softer than the other side of the stone which took me a couple hours to lap flat.

I agree, especially noticable in some coticules, I...

Based on the color differences on the backside...I may lap it anyways....its frigging beautiful stuff. Only issue is it is a thin layer and softer than the other side.

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5 15/16"x 1 5/8" x 9/16"

Density might be hard to guage unless I lap both sides....may do it nearly flat though or do water displacement if u want more info.
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The black slate I've previously used is quite a bit softer, but also slower than this stone. Reminds me a lot of the dark slate honestly as far as the edge goes though. This stone has far more very...

Well, initial test, test razor needing touch up had the tug going on and did not pass hht or tree top arm hairs prior to test honing on the new slate I lapped out today. Afterwards, passed hht, no...

Finished it....trial run in 45 minutes when I close the barber shop.

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True on the rentals, I just want one for use when I want it, id have to have a stock pile of rock to make it viable to rent.

A 3 inch cut depth is what I need really as thats about as wide as I need to go on a hone and means much less lapping if u can do a single cut. Its nearly impossible to cut flat if you have to make...