Quote Originally Posted by nerobot View Post
Surprised me to when I first decided. The main reason is that I don't like the finish from the DMT when honing or lapping. When honing, it seems far too low a grit and leaves a nasty edge, and since I now have another, higher grit stone for setting bevels, don't need it for that. I don't really like the finish it gives when lapping either, and end up using 600 grit paper, on top of the DMT, to lap the hones off. I'm sure I have done all I can to ware it in, but it's just not for me. So, hopefully I can sell it far near what I got and use either granite or glass with wet/dry paper.

Also, I find it too small for lapping my Norton 8/4.

Steven

Interesting... I never got much actual honing improvement out of using high grit paper or stones for "finish" lapping. I do see your point about the size of the plate vs the Norton though.