i've been lapping my hones with sandpaper and a tile i got from homedepot to make sure its flat. this way wasn't the best method but it worked decently. the sandpaper would roll up as you used it, the pressure would rip a hole in the paper. there was alot of mess and i went thru sandpaper quick when doing it. it left me not flattening my hones nearly enough.

well, i started doing these scales and more restores. the bigger blades and wedges need more work on the hones then most of my hollow grinds in the rotation. so i started really putting the hones to use and i could tell they weren't even but it sucked using a piece of sandpaper each time to flatten. i finally gave in and bought me a DMT dia-sharp coarse hone with the hone holder rubber thing.

man, let me tell you how freaking happy i am i finally bought it. it works fast and efficiently. i lapped my hones and instantly i could see they weren't perfectly straight even though they seemed to be using sandpaper. so i flattend more and it went quickly, even the chinese 12k was fairly quick to flatten. i now flatten with about 20seconds of DMT each of my hones after every night's use. its super easy and quick and not messy. i can tell the difference in the razors as i've been able to get even the trickiest of razors nice and sharp.

i'm extremely glad i bought one to flatten out my hones. super great idea.

~J