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Not a problem at all. The Swaty instructions declare that if the hone glazes over, it can be refinished with an emory cloth. Nowadays that translates to using a high grit sandpaper.

I'm glad to...

Wow, that's too bad. Of course if it's damaging your blades you can't use it. I guess all you can do is either lap it further or use it as a paperweight.

Are the pits catching the blade at all? If they are not projecting up, and only extend down, they should be irrelevant. A lot of hones, natural and sythetic, have pitting, but of course most of...

I may have overstepped my knowledge when I declared the Primble to be similar to the Swatys. I know I have a Primble hone (somewhere) and I remember it to be the same size, color, and basic texture...

Well, yeah, but where's the fun in that?

As you likely know, the John Primble barber hone is similar to the Swatys. I've never seen anything like what you have described. I don't suppose you have access to a microscope with time lapse...

Wow! What brand of barber hone is it? It's amazing that its degradation was so fast.