Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
Would it be out of the question for you to buy 2 plates ?
I used a 1200 Atoma to lap as low as 800 King stone. It worked just fine but it did break in quickly & had I continued it might've broke down quickly too. it would be ideal to have the 400 as well but if you buy the 400 alone you could then use your stones to lap each other. e.g. flatten your 12k with the 400 Atoma then use your 8k to smooth the face of the 12k.
I could buy two but it just feels like it is so much money to spend all at once. I started straight razor shaving a month ago or something like that and in the beginning it is a lot of purschases. It feels a bit better to get started with the most necessary things first instead of paying a huge amount of money in the first month.
Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
In my experience (not with lapping plates) a compromise is exactly that, a compromise, you will normally end.up with. The worst of both worlds.
I only have a 400g Atoma and have lapped my naniwa 10k with it.
Yeah you might be right about that. Maybe it's better to start off with the 400 after all.