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[FACTORY SECOND] Kanaban - Steel Lapping Plate
[FACTORY SECOND] Kanaban - Steel Lapping Plate
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Over the years, we have received many shipments of kanaban. As we repackage these ourselves, we set to the side those that have scratches or defects. These factory seconds are now taking a bit too much room on the shelf, so we are offering them for sale.
Although these are seconds, we consider them perfectly useable, and have dipped into this stash a number of times for workshop tools with no discernible difference in their use from the regular item.
Our lapping plates (called kanaban in Japanese) are engineered to our specifications in Sydney. They utilise a mild steel to keep them affordable, and can be used with abrasive powders, films and slurries to lap the backs of high carbon steel tools (ie: Japanese tools) flat.
Our preferred method is to scrub a #1000 waterstone across the top of the plate to leave a slurry, and use that slurry to lap away. Shapton's fine, medium and coarse powders also do an excellent job, but we only use the fine grit when preparing new blades.
Dimensions:
210 x 75 x 16mm
This plate is highly susceptible to rust. It will ship to you with a light coating of oil wrapped in rust deterring paper. We recommend that it is washed before first use, and dried after use and returned to its original paper.
