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Lapping & Stropping

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The Veritas lapping plate is made from safety glass and is 215 x

355 x 6.3mm (8-1/2” x 14” x 1/4”) and is guaranteed to be ﬂ at.

Glass Lapping Plate £13.04 £10.87 476783

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Veritas Glass Lapping Plate

Made entirely of granite, it will always remain ﬂ at and neither

changes in temperature nor humidity will affect its accuracy. Size

305 x 230 x 50mm, with a ﬂ atness of ±0.002mm. Use with wet

and dry paper for sharpening or lapping.

305 x 230 x 50mm £36.95 £30.79 100191

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Small Granite

Surface Plate

Measuring 300(12”) x 104(4.1/8”) x 28mm(1.1/8”) high and

weighing approximately 6.3kg(14lb), this is one substantial

lapping plate! Made from an iron chosen for its dimensional

stability and material consistency (you won’t ﬁ nd blade-

scratching carbides in the material), the bottom and sides are

machined, and the top is ground ﬂ at to within 0.025mm(0.001”)

over the entire surface. The unique channel design, optimised for

a ﬁ gure-eight lapping pattern, serves to eliminate resistance from

hydraulic lock and captures excess oil, abrasive and slurry. It is

designed to condition or smooth previously ground surfaces and

is used with light oil. We offer a range of grits, but we recommend

280 grit for twisted, wavy or linished objects, 400 grit for ground

surfaces with a slightly rough texture, and 600 grit for surfaces

requiring little material removal.

Veritas Lapping Plate

Lapping Plate £95.94 £79.95 210555

Powder 90 Grit 113g(4oz) £5.94 £4.95 477323

Powder 180 Grit 56g(2oz) £4.25 £3.54 210531

Powder 280 Grit 56g(2oz) £4.85 £4.04 210532

Powder 400 Grit 56g(2oz) £5.45 £4.54 210533

Powder 600 Grit 56g(2oz) £6.54 £5.45 210534

Set of 5 (56g) Lapping Grits £31.44 £26.20 476020

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At 12mm thick, this piece of ﬂ oat glass makes a very practical

lapping plate for smaller planes, plane irons, chisels and ﬂ atting

waterstones. The edges are smooth and polished. 12mm thick

ﬂ oat glass is an ideal base for using with sheet abrasive. Wet and

dry abrasive can be stuck down using spray mount although even

a small amount of water is often sufﬁ cient to hold it in place. Back

the glass with some thick MDF or better still an off-cut of 40mm

thick kitchen worktop. Size 300 x 300 x 12mm.

Glass Lapping Plate £24.95 £20.79 950932

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12mm thick

Float Glass

Lapping Plate

502500

502390

Produced for honing and maintaining the edges on both the

inside and outside of gouges and vee tools, the Flexcut SlipStrop

consists of a complex moulding with two areas of leather and a

bar of a specially developed honing compound. The compound

is available separately for those wishing to use it on their existing

strop. In use, the particular part of the moulding most suited to

the chosen tool is rubbed crayon-like with compound and the

tool stropped. A mirror ﬁ nish is achieved quickly, and the resulting

razor edge can be maintained by repeating the process many

times before resharpening is required. Use for gouges and vee

tools both inside and outside.

SlipStrop c/w Compound £13.74 £11.45 717455

Polishing Compound £7.44 £6.20 510075

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Flexcut SlipStrop

Although designed with carvers in mind the beneﬁ ts of hard leather

honing wheels can be used to reﬁ ne a full range of the sharp edge

tools. The Standard kit contains a block of honing compound and

one ﬂ at faced 90 x 20mm wide leather honing wheel. The Deluxe kit

contains a block of compound and two 90mm hard leather honing

wheels, one ﬂ at faced 20mm wide the other with a narrow 60° vee

edge. The wheels are arbor mounted for ﬁ tting to a drill, pillar drill

etc. Unlike polishing mops and other softer surfaces, which can

round over the edge being honed, hard leather wheels are better at

holding a straight line and maintaining a precise edge.

Flexcut

Powerstrop

Leather Wheels

Standard Kit £23.45 £19.54 475523

Deluxe Kit £38.24 £31.87 307020

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Precision ground to a ﬂ atness tolerance of 0.127mm (0.005”) over

the entire surface, this honing plate is an excellent substrate for

diamond paste. The dimensionally stable low carbon steel will

retain its ﬂ atness over a lifetime of ordinary use. The machining

process creates a slight texture. This helps to capture diamond

grit without compromising overall ﬂ atness. In use, the diamond

particles readily embed into the softer steel to form a durable,

fast-cutting abrasive surface. A dedicated plate for each grit size,

should you choose to use more than one, cuts the risk of cross-

contamination. Each measures 204 x 76 x 9.5mm and weighs

1.1kg. Made in Canada

Steel Honing Plate £22.94 £19.12 502403

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Veritas Steel Honing Plate

Composed of monocrystalline diamond in a mineral oil base,

the paste embeds into the surface of a lapping plate or strop. It

abrades quickly and lasts a long time. Using diamond paste, you

can achieve an exceptionally keen edge quickly and easily. Use a

ﬂ at, steel honing plate to create an abrasive surface that will last

a lifetime. Alternatively, simply make a strop from close-grained

hardwood or MDF, apply a few drops of paste and use it to bring

up a polished edge. Begin with the grit that corresponds to your

ﬁ nest stone and progress to ﬁ ner paste: 6-micron following a ﬁ ne

stone, 3-micron after the 6-micron paste or an extra-ﬁ ne stone

and the 1-micron to provide a mirror ﬁ nish. A separate plate

is required for each grade. Made in the USA, the paste comes

in 2-gram syringes, sold individually or as a kit of all three. Not

recommended for use on leather strops.

DMT

Diamond

Dia-Paste

Honing

Compound

Diamond Honing Compound 1 micron £16.74 £13.95 502406

Diamond Honing Compound 6 micron £16.74 £13.95 502404

Diamond Honing Compound 3 micron £16.74 £13.95 502405

Diamond Honing Compound all 3 grits £38.94 £32.45 502407

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Sharpening or honing removes metal from the bevel, whereas

stropping burnishes and polishes. This double sided strop measures

200 x 65mm, suitable for the majority of chisels and plane irons. A

bar of special honing compound is included. The design allows its

use with the DMT DuoSharp base. A version is available including

the base. The strop only requires a minimal amount of compound.

Only charge one side of the strop with compound. Work the

blade on the charged side ﬁ rst then ﬁ nish on the uncharged side.

Stropping ensures the point where bevel and back meet is as

smooth as possible, resulting in the sharpest of edges.

Strop with Paste £11.94 £9.95 502500

Strop with Paste & Stand £37.44 £31.20 502390

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Double Sided Leather Strop

Ideal for honing hardened steel blades, use on your chosen honing

block/strop, felt, leather or wood. This honing compound, is one of

the most effective on the market. It is primarily aluminum oxide

blended with other ﬁ ne abrasives to give the best combination

of cutting speed and ﬁ ne, mirror ﬁ nish with a light wax ﬁ lm. The

bonding is specially formulated for ease of charging, it can be used

for ﬁ nal honing of almost any tool. 180g bar.

Honing Compound £9.44 £7.87 477070

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Veritas Honing Compound

502500

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Flexcut

Knife Strop

Knife Strop £11.95 £9.96 504666

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Although Flexcut call this a knife

strop, it can also be used for other

edge tools just as effectively.

If a blade has already been honed, it will beneﬁ t from stropping

to polish the steel further and give an extra degree of sharpness.

Regular stropping of a blade means less honing which saves

time and effort. Supplied with a block of Flexcut Gold Polishing

Compound for a razor edge.

502390

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