Thread: what!? i need to flatten the flatting stone?

I think it was Plato that said it best: "Who shall Flatten the Flatteners?"
... Or something like that(:-).

As was said, DMT D8C (325). Many of us use them, and they work great! Once you get them flat, all you really need to do is run your Norton's over the 8c a few times after you're done using it. Should keep it nice and flat!

Mine (norton flattening stone) was crowned when it was new. I used it way back when I had kings, but I had to gnash it through 60 grit SiC paper before it was flat. It worked fairly well after flattening as long as the stone was a soft stone.

I would consider any norton offering below 1000 grit to be a turd with a capital T (also had the 220, which is perhaps better for razors than it is for woodworking tools where it is far too willing to go out of flat before anything is really completed).

The flip side, though, is that if you turn over the norton flattening stone and use the side with no grooves, it might be a decent coarse stone for damaged knives, etc.