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Oops! I made a mistake. (And I cannot edit my original post.)

First, the directions I quoted above were not from my Panama hone box, but from the paper directions inside my Carborundum Company...

One more thing...the directions on the Panama box read:

Using Lather occasionally will keep this hone free cutting, and it will not get smooth or glaze. Caution: Be sure and wash hone with cold...

I have a Panama (brown/black) hone too. I read somewhere on SRP it was estimated in the 12K-16K range. I lapped away the logo on the extra fine side (black) to gain about 20% more honing surface. I...