Thread: Mechanical lapping

Nothing to be sorry about, adrspach. You misunderstood my post or I was not clear.
I have no experience with either, really.
My post was not to tell him how to handle LI, either, just an option to a lapping method I have used.

As too the workshop, I walked in off the street with a piece of Welsch slate 11"x2 1/2 "x 1 1/2 ", as you can see , not very big. Probably was the smallest rock he (the owner), had handled in a while. He was facinated with this subject of hones. All the guys in the shop stopped & listened to me talk about hone, honing & razors, for about 2 minutes. He took the piece from me & walked to a large metal table that had saws sticking through it, with water flowing on the table. He used some type of hand tool to slide the slate past the blade , cutting it. I had him do this on all sides but the bottom, I wanted it to look natural. It took less than 5 minutes. He did not want to charge me, but I gave him a $20.00 anyway.

When I got home, I pencil grid the slate & it was flat (DMT 325) in about 25 minutes.

So, back to the OP, take it to the workshop, let the stoneman make the decision.