Thread: Norton kit arrived!! One question...

My Norton kit with the 320/1000 and 4000/8000 stones arrived today. While I was at lunch I soaked and lapped the 4k/8k stone.

The question: Is it all that unusual for the stones to arrive from the factory out-of-true? Both the 4k and 8k side needed a fair amount of honing to true them up.

Edit to add: I've got a glass slab that I borrowed from a friend - I'm going to do a "stiction test" with the 4k/8k to make sure they're truly flat. In 20/20 hindsight (is there any other kind?) I realize I *should* have checked that first...