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Thanks for all the advice gents, finally got some 300, 600 & 1200 sandpaper, and all my hones are silky smooth now.
As nice as the coticule is, it feels good to use some homegrown rock!

Only...

Thanks for the advice gents, mine was flat (for a piece of slate!) but compared to my coticule nowhere near as smooth.

The coticule also needs lapping before I get into home honing, so looks like...

Got mine this week - took about 5 weeks to come.

Look dead flat actually, will it definately need lapping?

Cheers,

DK

Blimey! I never thought I'd have to phone up to see if the top left hand corner of Wales had any slate left!!

But seriously thanks for the info, if the owner is going to all this trouble to...

I'm off to Snowdonia on holiday next week, so please let me know how it goes, I may have to make a special trip to get one of these.

Cheers,

DK