Thread: Evaluation Requested

Originally Posted by Gothamitic

Thank you so much for all of the valuable insight. I only know one other straight shaver in my area, I converted him! So having a place to ask questions is fantastic. Looks like my method is a little overkill based on what you've said. I only have one razor to look after though, so luckily I don't have to do it very often.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I guess that's why I ended up with a sort of "progressive" approach. I just like to be sure those babies are FLAT!!

Next time though I'll keep in mind what I've learned from you folks!

Thanks again!

They are flat, what the later steps are doing is makeing them smooth.

I certainly noticed the difference in my swaty when I lapded it with the Norton flattening stone vs a 1200 DMT.

It might have worked as well either way, but there is an aesthetic difference.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

The norton lapping stone is unnecessary, as others have pointed out.

Sandpaper on a flat surface is all you really need.

I strongly disagree. The Norton 4K/8K can be very easily contaminated by pieces of grit from the sandpaper. It happened to me and that's why I bought the Norton flattening stone.