Quote Originally Posted by sicboater View Post
What do you lap your shaptons on?

Weigh in! I am considering buying shaptons and I don't have enough yet for a full set. I could get the DGLP and a 16K or I could get a set (1k, 4k, 8k, 16k) and a D8C to lap them on until I could get the DGLP. Here is my question: What do you lap your shaptons on and how do they work if it isn't a D8C? Any advice?


Thanks!
I have to qualify my response by stating that I have never used the DGLP so really can't compare but I use a D8C to lap all my stones including a 16k Shapton.

On the 16k I have tried using just the D8C and doing a second lap using my Norton 4k to see if it made a difference...and I can't really see any difference when honing a razor and examining the edge under a microscope.

So to make a short story long...save the bucks and get the DMT.