Thread: Swaty - to lap or not? That is the question

I doubt it needs lapping. I would only lap if it's dished...not if it's polished. If you want to go with something a little less "materials" intensive, but still lap it, just get another barber hone, and rub them together til flat. There are threads already posted about it. I've only done it once, so I can't speak to it's "universal" efficacy. But the three I did on sandpaper took about 3 days, and the one I did with a barbers hone took about ten minutes. Results were the same in either case... Two flat barber hones. So this is how I'll start all of them from now on. I hated losing that time...and sandpaper.

And from the pics I've seen of other Swaty's, yes it is supposed to be so smooth.