Atoma Diamond Lapping Plate

140 for fast material removal 400 for creating a primary bevel and 1200 for final honing.

Atoma diamond lapping plate.

The atoma plates work really well for lapping stones and doing initial bevel setting as well as repair work on your knives. The 140x is for rapid material removal. These plates are made of mono crystalline diamonds as the abrasive surface on stainless steel body made of 10mm think machined aluminium plate. The atoma is a very high quality stone.

It s not as fast as the 140 but doesn t put deep scratches like the 140 does. This particular coarse is a little more coarse than i usually need for sharpening purposes but i would imagine the higher coarse atoma stones will perform very well. Atoma diamond plates come in three grits. It made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.

Because the diamonds are arranged in a dot pattern rather than a continuous surface there is less tendency for them to stick to the stones when lapping. It will lap sharpening stones with ease and in less than 1 minute it will flatten stones like shaptons or choseras. The 400x is suitable for fast lapping truing water stones or shaping a primary bevel. This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping.

The quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we. The 1200x can be used for fine lapping or general sharpening and leaves a toothed edge on kitchen knives. Much like the atoma 140 the 400 is very coarse. The micron equivalents are 100 45 and 15 respectively the plates are generously sized at 3 x 8 1 4 so they ll easily handle your largest plane blades.