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Indeed, you are correct... the 120 grit plate IS overkill, but other than that, it's fine... a bit wasteful of the SS hones, but fine, none the less. As H has already purchased the DMT, there's no...

Jimmy,

I too use a 400 and 1200 Atoma, though I still have my DMT 325 and 1200 grit hones as well. They all work well, but I'll let my coarser stones do the grunt work, and just lightly finish...

My personal opinion is that for any of the man made water stones, it makes no nevermind what grit the lapping plate is. Naniwa, Shapton, Norton, King etc. all will be fine right off a 120G diamond...