Thread: good first stones

Originally Posted by Splashone

The Norton lapping stone is notorious for not being able to properly lap your other stones without being flattened itself. Do that before screwing up your other stones!

Would 320 grit wet dry sandpaper work to flatten the lapping stone?

I'm sure it would providing the surface for the paper is flat

Why not just lap the stone with the 320 wet & dry and forget the Norton Lapping plate?

They really are a waste of money.

If you are going to hone seriously, buy a diamond plate, make your life easy and stones flat.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Why not just lap the stone with the 320 wet & dry and forget the Norton Lapping plate?

They really are a waste of money.

If you are going to hone seriously, buy a diamond plate, make your life easy and stones flat.

The lapping stone came in a set at a discount,got 220/1k 4k/8k and the lapping stone for what the 4k/8k cost by itself,on a budget the diamond stone is a bit out of range right now