Thread: Informal Diamond Plate Comparison

Originally Posted by 32t

Isn't the idea of using figure 8's and rotating the stone 180 degrees suppose to counteract and not reproduce imperfections?

The figure eight & spinning it 180 degrees does help, but you have to keep in mind your pressure and the fact as mentioned above the flatness of your lapping plate. You end up with a slight dish or hump on your stones...but we are talking mostly on the thousandths to ten-thousandth range. Agreed that most razors (most of mine anyways) do not have a TRUE straight edge and have a very slight - slight smile. My DMT10C is not 100% true either, but by time it laps my stones and the stones hone the razors...my face can't tell it nor can anyone else.

Unless you are a machine, it would be impossible to make your razor ride on exactly the same spots on the stone to cause a high spot to grind a defect into the razor.

The razor will just ride on the high spots. You only have the width of the bevel and spin wear, a 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch on the stone.

Flat hones, as flat as they can be is what I do. WHen I was lax about it, my edges were lax also. Especially if your using a progression.