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LOL ! Good one ........... :rofl2:

It is a well kept secret but 5k choseras with cracks, like mine, are known to be the best razor hones ....... rivalling Eschers and J-nats .... :rolleyes:

Glen, it is really hard to figure. Mine are rarely used. I just don't hone that often, and when I do I may use other alternatives. I do a 5 minute soak, use the hone, into the dish drainer and when...

I'd have thought the same thing.......... BUT ........... I've got the 1k,3k,5k, and 10k. All get the same treatment in use, and in storage. Only the 5k is showing the cracking. Crazy or maybe like...

My 5k shows small cracks at the top edges and you can feel them with a fingernail. I wish I could give you (and me) some encouraging words, but I'm in the dark as it were, as much as you are. Whether...