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Today I received a coticule and a D8C from Howard. I lapped the coticule and the 4/8 and the 12 with the D8C and coiuld not beleive the difference. All the surfaces felt excatly the same as they did...

Randy, I did rince it well and then rinced it again just to be sure. Thanks.

Johnny J, Removing the glaze makes sense. i was expecting the stone to be the same but flat. I swear, I'm running out...

Opening the stone up sounds like a good discription to me.

Thanks

I guess I should clarify a little more. The 12k is definetly flat and it is not rough like sandpaper, but the unlapped side feels much slicker. I guess my question is should the lapped side feel the...

Yes, i did it continously under running water.

I'm new at this, of course, and I lapped a new 4/8 Norton and Chinese 12 with the Norton lapping stone until the pencil grid was erased. The 4 and 8 seem to be rougher and the 12 is deciidedly...