Thread: Lapping belgian blue

Off course you are using water while you lap? I lap in the kitchen sink with water trickling down. You want to keep the slurry from building up. On my D8C and D8E I took the round shaft of a long screwdriver and ran it flat on the DMTs to smooth out any irregularities on the top and on the edges, Never had any scratches such as you describe on any stone I have lapped with either of these DMTs.

everything is new, and i am using running water in the kitchen sink. i think i'll run a chisel over the dmt 320 to get it smoothed out like i did the dmt 1200. i guess i'll watch the corners too. thanks guys, i appreciate ya'lls responses.

I noticed that my D8C had a small high spot on one edge as well, it was quickly flattened by lapping a barbers hone which is quite a bit harder than the Belgian blue. The chisel thing would work just as well I would think.

Regards

Christian

Are you sure you need to lap the blue? When I got my Blue and Coticule from Howard they did not need lapping and most natural stones like those are quite hard and can go a very long time before lapping is required unlike ceramic hones.

I'd just keep lapping the Blue. Steel is softer than the stone and garnet crystals so you'll just end up doing more work.

The tiny bit of material that you'll lose because of the scratches is negligible when you consider the fact that that stone will outlive you. (unless your just a sharpening fiend)

On a side note, those scratches won't hurt your blades either, don't worry about it too much.