I appreciate the input from everyone.
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I appreciate the input from everyone.
If you're planning on lapping regularly, the norton flattening stone is not a good choice. It dishes out fairly fast. If you want to flatten it, use a tile with sandpaper on top.
Ceramic may not be perfect, but realistically, if you make a pattern '8' on top of the sandpaper, the surface flatness will be more than acceptable for the purpose of razor honing.
I just got home from Lee Valley. I got a plate glass lapping plate 8.5"x14"x1/4" as well as the DMT 4"x10" 325.
I think I should be alright for honing gear for a while :hmmm:
Thank you to all the helpful posters in this thread. Between all the good advice I got, I now have some very flat, smooth Nortons. The DMT is just amazing. It took a while to get the 8k flat and get through the roughness at the top, but now it's very smooth. I polished it up with 1k and then 1.5k on the glass lapping plate and it feels almost glass-like.
Now all I need are my razors to show up so I can practice honing. I am still waiting on about 5 :D