Thread: Advice on lapping plates

Chef Knives to Go has a lot of options Pete, I am curious about a few of them myself. All in good time I suppose.

Shaun, the one I'm thinking of is, I think, 400/1,000 and comes with a rubber base.
It's their own brand and comes in for around $40.00.
Maybe someone has one and will chime in soon.

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Shaun, the one I'm thinking of is, I think, 400/1,000 and comes with a rubber base.
It's their own brand and comes in for around $40.00.
Maybe someone has one and will chime in soon.

Pete <:-}

Atoma sells a replacement "sticker" in various grits for around $50 +/- that you can stick on the back of your dmt. I never done it but I know some guys who have. $40 vs $50 for an atoma is a no brainer. I still wouldnt use it to lap a phig. LOL Good luck!

What is a PHIG?
What is SIC? Thank you to whom ever answers.

Originally Posted by Learner

What is a PHIG?
What is SIC? Thank you to whom ever answers.

PHIG is a nickname for a chinese river hone. (Peoples hone of indeterminate Grit) and SIC is silicon carbide powder. For lapping it is used on a flat hard base like a granite tile to flatten a stone among other things. Check youtube for that. You will likely see more than a few videos on lapping with it.

Originally Posted by Bill31521

Atoma sells a replacement "sticker" in various grits for around $50 +/- that you can stick on the back of your dmt. I never done it but I know some guys who have. $40 vs $50 for an atoma is a no brainer. I still wouldnt use it to lap a phig. LOL Good luck!

Gonna have to do a little homework on this and try to find them.

Pete <:-}

While I have not used that plate, I have use other inexpensive plates from eBay with no name, the CNTG, Ternd, DMT, Atoma, and EZLap.

They all work about equally well and last about the same, (years), as long as you take care of them. Keep clean, use with lots of water and do not use to lap hard natural stones like Arks and Chinese stones. Hard naturals will rip the diamonds from the substrate.


Dead flat does not matter. Flattish is good enough, the stone will ride on the high spots, and if it is out of flat it is only a few thousands. When lapping or honing you will not be riding on the exact same spot on each lap.

For about the same money you can get a 300/1000 grit diamond plate for about $35 from CNTG. They look exactly like the Trend and perform the same the dual grit is a good value, the 1k is good for kitchen knives and tools.

The King Icebear stones are great stone, the 1k is a fast cutter and a bit soft, but I refresh before each use, so it is not an issue. The Icebear 10k can leave an edge equal to a 12k super stone, and it does not load up like a Super Stone. I bought my 10k years ago, so I don’t know about the new ones, but mine is about an inch and a half thick.

Lap hard naturals on loose SIC grit from GotGrit.com. A selection of grits from 60-500, will run you about $15, enough to do several stones. You can flatten an Ark in 15-20 mins with loose 60 grit and a $1 steel cookie sheet.
Once flat, smoothing up to 500 grit goes quickly, then use Wet & Dry up to the grit of your choice on the cookie sheet.

Just looked at CKTG.
The Atoma replacement top pads are $70.00 each.
The dual grit diamond plate is $34.95

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Just looked at CKTG.
The Atoma replacement top pads are $70.00 each.
The dual grit diamond plate is $34.95

Pete <:-}

Fast check and I see the atoma 400 plate complete for 62 bucks on amazon. I didn't find the sticker but my guess is it could be had for less. Good luck searching!

Originally Posted by Bill31521

Good luck searching!

This, for me, is way on the back burner.
I probably have enough SIC to last me the rest of my life.

Pete <:-}