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    Default Do I need a lapping plate?

    Howdy: I'd like to start refreshing my blades as needed. I was thinking of buying the Nawina 12k stone, but not sure if I need to get the lapping plate along with it. Thoughts?

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    If you end up buying more hones, you'll want a lapping plate. I'm fairly certain in six months I've spent more than the cost of a lapping plate on sandpaper. I should have bought one. But I do find myself buying more than the necessary amount of hones. What's that saying about a fool and his money?

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    Just cut to the chase and get a DMT Coarse (325 grit) 8-inch plate. Sandpaper seems cheaper but is more time consuming. You want to spend your time using the tool (the razor), not assembling a tool to make a tool useful to make another tool useful.

    The DMT will need a little prep work once in its life to knock off the excessively large diamond bits, otherwise it'll always be ready to go.

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    Need no. But as the above replies indicate you will want one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ecl View Post
    Just cut to the chase and get a DMT Coarse (325 grit) 8-inch plate. Sandpaper seems cheaper but is more time consuming. You want to spend your time using the tool (the razor), not assembling a tool to make a tool useful to make another tool useful.

    The DMT will need a little prep work once in its life to knock off the excessively large diamond bits, otherwise it'll always be ready to go.
    Any reason I should go with this over the nawina lapping plate?

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    It is more maintennance friendly and what I'v heard there is now DMT manufactured larger lapping plate rather than hone used as lapping plate.

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    I have never read anything good about the Naniwa or the Norton lapping plate. The DMT is very useful. If I quit straight razors and sold off all my stuff I would keep the DMT.

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    I bought the Norton plate when I first got into this. I wasted about a quarter of my 4/8K (and at least 2 hours) before I wised up to the fact that my lapping plate was nowhere near flat. I got the DMT, used the Norton plate to knock off the big crystals, and got what was left of my 4/8K into perfect shape in about 10 minutes.

    The Norton flattening plate's only true function is to get a real lapping plate -- like a DMT -- into prime shape to do its work. Oh, and you can squash injured wasps with it. But I wouldn't use it on a hone. Waste of time, money and energy.

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    Thanks everyone for the great advice so far. I think I will spring for the DMT. What can I use to knock off the large diamond bits?

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    I've heard that the shaft of a screwdriver will work to knock off the larger diamond bits. Someone more knowledgeable will be able to verify this.

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