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You only need to chamfer the long edges of the hone. Make sure that the chamfering movement is primarily done in a lengthwise stroke with a rounding over movement made during the stroke. If you...

I am a little surprised at your perception that your Chinese hone is soft. I have handled at least a dozen if them and never have encountered one I would call soft.

I'm not disagreeing with...

The woodcraft stone is not 12k. It is a natural hone and has no grit designation. It also is too hard to be lapped with the synthetic lapping hone made by Norton, which now probably is even less...