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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    Wow! I've lapped enough hones to know that was a heck of a lot of work. I'm willing to bet that if you ever need to do that again, you will seriously consider buying the extra coarse DMT. I've come to the conclusion that it's the only DMT worth using for lapping a barber hone.

    You will definitely enjoy using your Swaty, even more so after spending all that quality time bonding with it!

    I agree with Ron. The extra coarse DMT is to honing stone and barber hone surfaces like a wood chipper is to twigs. It hogs more stone surface than any other lapping plate hands down. I bought one some time ago because I can't seem to resist picking up barber hones when I find them even though personally I don't use them at this point. There's nothing wrong with a good/great barber hone (some barber hones, the porous coarser grit ones IMO have limited use) but for refreshing edges I go to chrome ox and for honing I go to a variety of stones/hones depending on need and mood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    Wow! I've lapped enough hones to know that was a heck of a lot of work. I'm willing to bet that if you ever need to do that again, you will seriously consider buying the extra coarse DMT. I've come to the conclusion that it's the only DMT worth using for lapping a barber hone.

    You will definitely enjoy using your Swaty, even more so after spending all that quality time bonding with it!
    +1.

    My BHAD, and a pair of white Spydercos, is the reason I bought a D8XX. Worth the tariff if you do a lot of lapping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave View Post
    Extreme lapping!!! I have a little norton diamond plate, 325 grit, and I gave the Swaty a good lapping for a couple of hours. It seriously took 2-3 hours of hard work, had to take some breaks. It's amazing how hard those barber hones are, I had no idea since this is my first one.
    LOL, I remember the earlier thread - now you know what we were saying

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