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That's interesting. Next time I have to set a bevel, I'll try the bad Swaty & see how it compares to sandpaper.

Jimmy;

On my hone, the back side is glossy & glazed, it has clearly...

It may be from a bad batch, but ironically I still have a use for it. Even the C.S. hone is too slow for setting a bevel completely from scratch. Because patience for tedious tasks is not one of my...

Yes, I lapped both of them on sandpaper, using a piece of thick plate glass that I keep for that purpose.

I've had a chance to play with them a bit more. I now believe the 3-line Swaty is actually...

Update: I got the other hone. One is a 2-line and the other is a 3-line. Are you sure you don't have that backwards? The 3-line (the one I was talking about in the original post) is so coarse, it...

I've always wanted to try a Swaty but every one I bid on got swiped out from under me, so I bid on 2, hoping to get 1...and got them both (!) The first one arrived today & I was shocked by how coarse...