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Originally Posted by Utopian
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. |
I agree that it sounds like the instructions for a Frictionite. I have a couple of those with the same labels.
I also have had a "Little Devil" hone that was only surface coated with abrasives and lapped them off the first time. Bummer!
