Dmt D6x 6 Inch Dia Sharp Continuous at Amazon
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. When compared to conventional synthetic water stones the Dia-Sharps have a couple of major advantages. The first and most noteworthy is that they won’t dish- ever. Those of you who’ve seen the old-school “saddle shaped” Arkansas or India tri-stones can appreciate what I’m talking about. The DMT will stay reference-flat for the life of the stone. And my experience has been that the DMTs last for a good while. My XC has been used heavily for sharpening and for flattening other stones for about a year and I can hardly even detect any wear wear on it. That leads me to the other advantage- it’s flat enough out of the box and durable enough to use for flattening your other stones. The 220/XC is fast enough for all but the very coarsest Aratos; for them I reach for the DMT XXC. But that one’s only available in the larger 8″ x 3″ size and costs about three times what this one does. I think for the final polishing water stones leave a superior finish vs the DMTs, but the Dia-Sharps really shine when used in the coarser grits. I’d hate to be without mine. When mine does finally wear out I’ll be using Amazon Prime to 1-day a replacement! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I first used this stone to re-profile a pretty badly damaged D2 Ka-bar. The stone began about as “grippy” as fresh 120 grit sandpaper on the D2 steel (This stone is 220 grit, however) and took off metal at a very respectable speed. After about an hour of stroking I was shocked to feel the stone and it felt almost as smooth as my 1000 grit waterstone. To clarify, the stone *felt* smooth to my finger, but was still ripping through D2 steel, admittedly at a somewhat slower pace than the first couple minutes I owned the thing. But I wasn’t altogether surprised that this was the case. I’ve put a few more hours of blade maintenance on this stone and the surface doesn’t seem to have deteriorated any further; I am still concerned that paying $30 instead of $90 means that shortly it will. The edges *appear* to be diamond free, although I cannot tell if the edges are, in fact, not longer cutting. The stone does feel as though the cutting speed and “grippiness” has not changed since it first felt a bit smoother. It is still performing admirably. The stone makes quick work of leveling my other waterstones and even functions as a nagura stone for my 12000 grit Chinese waterstone that’s hard as slate. It makes a slurry that’s about as thick as milk without depositing particles of itself. I did notice some some rust spots forming on the stone, very light surface rust from my general lack of TLC, but rust will form if you do not care for the tool properly. Overall, this stone is “excellent” for the price and still a “very good” choice for softer steel, even compared to expensive diamond stones. For very hard tool steel which is badly damaged, this stone is still a “good” choice, however I do not have full confidence it will last more than a few battles against these particular conditions. You are getting a monocrystaline diamond stone for around 30 bucks, and it certainly has the ability to pay for itself a few times over in professional blade repair costs before the stone itself dies. Just how many I can’t say for sure. Obviously your mileage may very depending on what steels and techniques you subject it to. If I’m still using this DMT in a year I’ll definitely come back and give it all 5 stars. Right now it just looks like a 4 star product. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It was pressed into a definitely un-intended use here about three weeks ago when I built a case to hold a model ship. I cut the glass myself, and was concerned about the multitude of very sharp edges on the sheets. In a flash of brilliance (or insanity, either way) I pulled out the DMT plate and used it like a sanding block with a very light touch to break the sharp edges on the glass. The diamond quite un-protestingly sliced off the sharp edge and rendered the panels safe to handle without the risk of a slight slip leaving me bleeding all over my project. Side-uses aside, I have used this plate on perhaps 50 knives now, with no degradation of performance at all. As a previous reviewer noted, the DMT plates (as with ALL diamond plates) have a short break-in period. The first three or four times you use the plate, you will notice a distinct feeling that the plate is rapidly becoming less-aggressive. Which is true! But this is part of the design of the plate, and calculated in. When the diamonds are plated onto the steel substrate, some of them are more tightly bonded than others. Over the first few uses, the loosely-attached particles will detach, and the plate will “break in” with just the tightly-bonded particles remaining. It will then remain at that same grit indefinitely, barring abuse or excess pressure on the plate. Excess pressure will tear the particles off of ANY diamond plate, but you really have to lean on it. Overall, I am quite happy with this plate’s performance, and look forward to many more years of use! |
A great stone fixer and awesome for setting bevels!
A decent stone for an excellent price