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Early on Randy told me to round the edges so that if there was a minuet chip in the edge of the hone it wouldn't catch the edge of the razor and chip it. I do that as soon as I get any hone. Funny...

I bought mine from Fine Tools in Germany and got the 20mm thick superstones with no base so my honing surface is the opposite side from the sticker. Lapped them anyway as it makes no sense to me not...

I always lap a new hone regardless of origin. I feel better doing that and in the scheme of things it is doing no harm and maybe a lot of good.