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It's been way too long since I've done any honing on a BBW, but I guess I don't see any reason why slurry dulling would not occur on a BBW in the same manner as on a coticule.

I'll have to play...

I found the same thing. A diamond plate produced crescent shaped shards in the slurry, while the rubbing stone created pieces that were more symmetrical in shape.

It remains utterly pointless to assign a grit rating to any natural hone. Grit rating refers to the SIZE of the grit put into the synthetic hone. Even in synthetic hones, the size is borderline...

Forget the HHT.

Have you tried shaving off your coticule edge yet?