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My only guess at why mine cracked is they dried too fast. I never soaked it. Now I'm wrapping it in papertowels and a dish towel after usage to try to dry it slowly.

Initial lapping yes, under...

I'm pretty positive mine are cracks, but I'll get some photos for you guys when I have a chance. Part of why I am sure they are cracks is that those areas retain the darker "wet" color longer than...

Oh, I guess I should have mentioned that mine only has cracks forming on the one side I use to hone and the areas where water drips down the sides while I'm honing. I'm guessing this is because...

All the conflicting info out there really doesn't help, cause many sites that sell Choseras say they should be soaked for 15 mins prior to use. Your quote is the first I'm seeing not to soak at all...

I think people were talking about lacquering in case the cracks get really bad - the lacquer would provide some reinforcement. At least that's how I interpreted it.

I wanted to lap them just so...

Not sure that this has been talked about on SRP yet.

Back a while ago, I remember one or two of JoeD's Choseras developed some cracks. I'm not sure if Joe ever figured out why or how to prevent...