A knife you never have to sharpen..EVER

shinyedges said:
It's not the dmt stone that's the issue unless by some ridiculous chance you have duds. Like I said, Maintaining proper angle with very light pressure/almost no pressure yields me hair popping results on s90v, s30v/35vn, z wear, 1095, niolox, sr101/52100, 154cm, m390 and more.
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I feel sort of like the edge is skipping off the peaks of the grit causing that jagged kind of feel on the end result. I use no or nearly no pressure but it still can take hours with my coarse dmt to take say a 24 degree per side edge down to 18 degree per side.
 
I wonder why ceramic is not catching on more? Now, diamond stones are getting more common, I would think that certain would at least catch on for kitchen knives...

Or maybe gentlemen's knives?
 
Lapedog said:
I feel sort of like the edge is skipping off the peaks of the grit causing that jagged kind of feel on the end result. I use no or nearly no pressure but it still can take hours with my coarse dmt to take say a 24 degree per side edge down to 18 degree per side.
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Guess all the people who have been using dmt stones for the last 4 decades have good luck.
 
I wouldn't say that about sharpening, I do however enjoy taking my knives apart and cleaning them. That being said, I do enjoy tinkering at work too (unfortunately there is rarely time for proper maintenance). There is something fun about taking apart something, cleaning it, then putting everything back together (ideally with new screws) and see if it works better than before.
 
I like to sharpen knives, so would prefer they remain something that gets dull over time. I prefer my Arkansas stones for sharpening and touching up edges. I had bought a fine DMT hone a long time ago, but found it was too aggressive to use on blades that were already sharp enough to be refined on the Arkies. It would just chew them up. Since I keep all of my blades very sharp, they seldom need more than a touch up with the natural stones.
A few months ago, I had to lap an old pocket stone (some type of artificial something or other) so I used that DMT I didn't like to get it done. The DMT calmed down a lot and felt smooth. I figured I had ruined it, but it wasn't getting used anyway. Well, now it is about perfect for getting a moderately abused blade back in shape to refine on the Arkansas stones. It's still aggressive, but not overly so. On the rare occasions I need to work on a blade that has really gone south, I've started with that DMT before using the Arkies and I admit that I am surprised to find it usable now.
 
shinyedges said:
Guess all the people who have been using dmt stones for the last 4 decades have good luck.
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Yeah definitely that. There is zero chance I just suck.

Actually I’m 100% sure its user error. I just suck at using them. I probably just need more practice.
 
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FullMetalJackass said:
Actually there is one I never sharpen, that is insanely sharp and that is not boring. In fact, it's one that I use the most!

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Yeah, but let us see you baton with it.
 
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