Best eight bucks I've ever spent...

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Psychopomp

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A week or so ago I got a Gatco ceramic Tri-Ceps sharpener. Wow. I've been carrying it around in my pocket since I got it, sharpening whatever I could get my hands on and it works wonders. It's kinda like having a little Sharpmaker in my pocket all the time.

Granted it's a very fine surface, but it does extremely well touching up blades.

Now I thinking about picking up the diamond version. Does anyone have any experience with it? I have a large diamond benchstone, but I really like the size of this little thing and wander if the diamond version is worth it?
 
The ceramic Tri-Seps is a great little portable sharpener. I've never used the diamond version, but from what I've heard/read, the diamond version is a bit too coarse to be really useful.
 
Psychopomp said:
A week or so ago I got a Gatco ceramic Tri-Ceps sharpener. Wow. I've been carrying it around in my pocket since I got it, sharpening whatever I could get my hands on and it works wonders. It's kinda like having a little Sharpmaker in my pocket all the time.

Granted it's a very fine surface, but it does extremely well touching up blades.

Now I thinking about picking up the diamond version. Does anyone have any experience with it? I have a large diamond benchstone, but I really like the size of this little thing and wander if the diamond version is worth it?
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Where can I buy one?
 
Sort of unrelated, but I have just purchased a Gerber, Medium Diamond Stone. $25.00 CDN from Canadian Tire. I have used carborundum stones, and I have used Japanese water stones, but I can't believe how efficient a diamond stone is. I put an edge on my EDC in about 4 strokes a side, but I liked the feel of the steel on stone, I sharpened the knife again. I can't wait to get all my chefs knives on it. You can feel a diamond stone biting the steel, whereas you can't using other stones which is just 'scraping'.
 
Do you see the lack of hair on my forearm? Well, I wasn't born that way! After seeing the post about this sharpener, I sent for one and just got it. It works great! This is the first time I've made a blade sharp enough to cut the hair off of my arm!
Now that I have achieved a sharp edge, my next problem to solve is whether to try to just use a high grit sandpaper on the edge to clean up the scratchy looking surface that the sharpener left, or to use some white polish on my leather belt with my belt grinder, or ???
In any event, thanks for this suggestion - it really is a great bargain for what it does.
Bob
 
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