Atoma diamond plates come in three grits.
Atoma diamond lapping plate.
Atoma diamond plates are conveniently sized 210mm 8 1 4 long x 75mm 2 13 16 wide the atoma diamond plates are a great size with plenty of surface area for use as sharpening stones or as lapping plates for flattening other stones.
The 1200x can be used for fine lapping or general sharpening and leaves a toothed edge on kitchen knives.
It made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.
It will lap sharpening stones with ease and in less than 1 minute it will flatten stones like shaptons or choseras.
These plates are made of mono crystalline diamonds as the abrasive surface on stainless steel body made of 10mm think machined aluminium plate.
It s not as fast as the 140 but doesn t put deep scratches like the 140 does.
The atoma plates work really well for lapping stones and doing initial bevel setting as well as repair work on your knives.
The quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we.
It flattens very quickly faster than the shapton diamond lapping plate and has shown no sign of wearing.
The atoma is a very high quality stone.
This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping.
The 400x is suitable for fast lapping truing water stones or shaping a primary bevel.
Much like the atoma 140 the 400 is very coarse.
140 for fast material removal 400 for creating a primary bevel and 1200 for final honing.
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.
The 140x is for rapid material removal.