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No. They are holes, not bumps. Consider them as negative honing spaces.

I found the old thread with the photos.

Now, I will reiterate what I wrote there. My two Norton 4k hones were not components of the nearly ubiquitous Norton 4k/8k combination hone. (Why would I...

But they work just fine.
Buy yourself a Norton 1k and the problem will go away! I assure you the 1k will feel "grainier." The point simply is the different brands of hones feel different. I have...