Quote Originally Posted by English View Post
I read these posts and see the prices of lapping hones. I just don't see the value.

What's wrong with a high grit wet and dry sandpaper sheet laid on glass.

It works for a coticule, an Escher, some japanese hones and even for a $300 Chosera.

Once you start lapping (WET) the surface of the sandpaper quickly gets covered in fine particles of the hone that is being lapped. So effectively you are lapping the hone on the same grit as the hone itself.

I don't see how you can get better than that. Incidentally wet and dry paper is very inexpensive.

You can purchase at most motor car accessories shops, the sandpaper is used for sanding a cars bodywork prior to repainting. You can obtain grits in 250, 400, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 and 2000 grades. In England, Halfords sell packets for about $3 for 4 sheets.

Each sheet is like using a brand new hone.
Because they wear out pretty quickly. For example. Its impossible to completely lap a spyderco hone mildly crooked with just a pack of sheets.