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HERE is where it began.

I complained, Slartibartfast came up with People's Hone, and I think Holli came up with the rest.

Did you finish it with slurry or continue on without it? I would definitely finish without it and, in my experience doing that, you should end up without a cloudy bevel.

Just to clarify...
Not all of them from Woodcraft are flat. Mine was not even close and I have lapped at least two others at meet-ups and they were not either.

What other naturals, if any, do you have? Because it is so hard, you can use it as the equivalent of a diamond plate for creating slurry on a softer natural hone. Arkansas stones also are handy for...

I lapped my Chinese hone with a DMT 325 and nothing more. It was pretty hard on my DMT, which was never designed for lapping natural stones, but it DID produce a smooth surface on the stone. Just...

Welcome to the reality of natural hones. A particular type of hone can have wide differences in characteristics. If you are still not happy you could try again but it would be more reasonable for...