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I actually round mine as mentioned above after a small chamfer to get things going.

For the sake of the thread, this quote is from the 'obi' or belt around a Shapton professional stone:...

Wearing a stone out? Reducing width? We're talking about fractions of a mm. Like 10-15 thousandths of an inch.

Am I missing some important parts of the discussion? I've done that before...
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I always chamfer hone edges and corners, at least the top edges. If you accidentally drop something on the unchamfered edge or bump it, it can chip into the hone surface. You see this a lot on...