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Yes, the glass has fine scratches (more like a slightly opaque look) afterwards. This is why I used the backside of my glassplate used as a lapping platform for my hones :D

My impression after...

Hi Folks,

okay, I did it - I took a plain glass plate and used this (only glass and water) to hone my Lithide. The results are quite pleasing, a very smooth and silky surface. Honing was no...

Hi,

thanks for your comments - for practical reasons I will try to pursue the lapping-on-plain-glass approach first, stated somewhere here in the forum a short time ago.

As especially the...

Hi again,

well, grit numbers would be nice :) With those barber hones I find this very difficult to tell. From comparison with my waterstones I would estimate that the Cushion is around 6-8k, the...

Hi Nenad,

thanks for your comment, so at least I know I'm not alone :D

With regard to your above comment, this is also very interesting to know as I am currently establishing a honing procedure...

Hi,

I recently obtained a Barber Hone Set including one Lithide Hone. As recommended by the seller I lapped them with a 1000 grit sandpaper (wet), and all are very smooth and flat.

What has me...