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Originally Posted by Nicky B
It actually feels rougher to the touch.
I could try to post a picture. All I have is my camera phone though and it's not the best, but I can give it a shot once I get home.
And yep, I'm sure. It came with instructions saying it's two hones in one, which side to use first, etc. It also had a sticker on the side that said "Use this side first/Finish on this side" or something along those lines.
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I have two disparate thoughts.
First, the sticker sounds like the one found on Frictionite hones. However, when you lap the finishing side of a Frictionite, it will get significantly lighter but it remains smooth when lapped with a DMT plate. Perhaps you should do a follow-up lapping with a finer grit sandpaper? Maybe you have residual sandpaper grit embedded in the surface and finer sandpaper might remove it. This seems like an improbable solution but it might be worth a shot.
Second, if it is not a Frictionite, then it's something else.
I believe that some barber hones were just surface-coated with grit. If that is the case with your hone, you may have simply, and unfortunately, lapped the grit right off of the hone and are just left with the substrate.