Thread: Lapping a lapping stone - ceramic tile?

I appreciate the input from everyone.

Originally Posted by jdto

So maybe I should just pick up a piece of glass, rather than using the ceramic tile? The key here is, I'm going to lap it, just to put my mind at ease, but on what surface?

go by lee Valley and pic up 90 grit lapping grit use it on the glass to flatten your Norton stone Its cheap and works.

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

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