Thread: Lapping service?

Please excuse me if this is posted in the wrong place. I have just purchase a Crown barbers hone through and auction, which I have yet to receive. I'm sure this stone will need to be lapped, and I do not have a lapping stone, or the funds to buy one currently. DO any of the members here offer any sort of lapping service? I searched but could not find anything. Thank you for any information provided.

hey there, you do not need a lapping stone to get this done. Check the wiki here and there is a way to do it with just sandpaper and a flat surface! the video is also posted at www.classicshaving.com under the video section!!!

Ah, very nice. Thank you

So the video is helpful, however does this require lapping with different grits. I have never done this before, but it seems to me if you use a coarse grit paper it would leave allot of score marks and would need to be polished down with a finer grit paper?

Originally Posted by SoCGHOST

So the video is helpful, however does this require lapping with different grits. I have never done this before, but it seems to me if you use a coarse grit paper it would leave allot of score marks and would need to be polished down with a finer grit paper?

Progress to as fine a paper as you like. 1000 grit or even 2000 grit to finish.
Hone Lapping 101 - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Note that it doesn't matter though. The abrasive particles of your hone will still be the same. Having smaller or larger grooves in the stone will not have a significant impact. A 325 grit finish is functionally the same as a 1000 grit finish. Especially considering that after the first couple of strokes, any surface grooves that theere might have been will have worn down.

If I were you I would lap only the back side of the hone. I like to leave the front of mine in original condition. If it's not in bad condition I wouldn't even worry about lapping it at all. They didn't lap them in the past and it is going to be hell to lap cause most barbers hones are hard as hell.