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    Hi all, I'm all excited because today in the mail I should be recieving my Norton 220/1000 and my belgium coticule. I assume the Norton needs to be laped, but what about the coticule. Will I need to flatten it before use?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shaveshell View Post
    Hi all, I'm all excited because today in the mail I should be recieving my Norton 220/1000 and my belgium coticule. I assume the Norton needs to be laped, but what about the coticule. Will I need to flatten it before use?

    Thanks!
    Matt
    You'll need to lap it, tutorial for lapping here

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    Thanks! I assume my Norton flattening stone would work for this purpose?

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    I don't have a Norton flattening stone, so I don't know if will survive the coticule, maybe JoshEarl or someone more experience in lapping will chime in

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    I haven't tried lapping a coticule with a Norton flattening stone, but I wouldn't recommend it. Smaller hones can wear a depression into the center of the flattening stone, which doesn't help it's performance on the bigger 8x3 hones.

    I'd suggest sandpaper for the initial lapping. You probably won't need to lap it again for months, if not years.

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    The Norton Flattening Stone is so coarse that I don't even
    like to lap Nortons with it, let alone coticules. Josh's thread
    will point you in the right direction regarding coticule flattening.

    - Scott

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    I use the Norton Flattening stone to do the work, but then I hit 600-1000 grit sandpaper to smooth things out a littel Seems to work ok.

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    before worrying about lapping the coticule I would inspect it and try it. If its a quality stone it probably does not need it. I have never lapped mine and it works fine. The Norton on the other hand I would plan on lapping.
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    when i order my belgian stone from howard i am going to pay the 5 dollars to have him flatten it then i can sell my norton 4000/8000 here for 50 bucks

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    Quote Originally Posted by jwoods View Post
    when i order my belgian stone from howard i am going to pay the 5 dollars to have him flatten it then i can sell my norton 4000/8000 here for 50 bucks
    before you sell your Norton I hope you have a replacement for it. The coticule is not a replacement for the Norton either the 4K or the 8K.
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