Quote Originally Posted by Leon View Post
We are still trying a number of different things, but I can resume my experience so far with the LM:

- Use more laps with slurry than without
- You can use oil or glycerin instead of plain water. Some might say that this enhance the sharpness and smoothness of the edge. Personally I haven't found a significant difference, but like I said, we're still playing with this
- It's OK to jump from a 8k stone to these. I personally go from the Naniwa 8K or Coticule straight to the LM and have gotten good results. If you got the 3, start with the DT, then the LM, then the Welsh-thuringian (or whatever you guys call it)
sounds like a plan. guessing if using all 3 could do less passes with each. was thinking to stick to water so as not to make a mess of anything and to not absorb into the stone so that it infects my other stones after lapping or whatnot.