Recommendation? Brand of 1 micron diamond spray?

MTHall720

MTHall720

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Hi Blade Forums brothers and sisters.
Any thoughts on brands is appreciated.
Most of my blades I sharpen with a DMT Coarse/Fine bench stone. Next I have been using a strop (not a Razor Strop) with some generic green compound. It makes a little difference but I want to try one more thing that might make things a little sharper. Any advice on a specific brand of Diamond spray?

Thanks very much in advance.
 
I believe DeadboxHero DeadboxHero has expressed a strong preference for diamond spray. The only spray I have used is Hand American 0.25µm and I almost never use it now as I no longer use a straight and I don't find the need for it on knives. My universal-soluble pastes are coarser so I cannot make a direct comparison but I haven't formed a functional preference either way. I don't like the idea of micron-scale particles becoming airborne and I suspect paste is superior at suppressing that.
 
The ones I posted about soak into the strop pretty darn fast. Its a heavy concentration too, so it seems to last quite a long time.
I know that when I use it up I'll be going back to him and am thinking of going to the .5 micron also just as a curiosity.
 
0.25um Is too fine for my taste as well.

1um Portland Knife House Diamond Spray is my favorite.

I've used everything from 10um to Ken Schwartz 3 nanometer (0.003um) PDP slurry.

Geeked out on it all.


1um Portland Knife House spray was the only one I felt was essential.
I seemed everything else was for fluff and
"sport sharpening"

I like the PKH spray because it gives my edge the higher sharpness I'm looking for without washing out the "bite" on the edge.
I found that Spray seems to provide a better interaction between the bevel, abrasive and leather giving it a little more aggression than a slurry yet doesn't make the leather rock hard like an emulsion which gives more options for light touch stroping and power stroping with more force so the leather conforms to hit the apex.

Paste is Cheap but the results left more to be desired and it gunked up the leather and didn't leave the edge I wanted.

I just use spray but only the good stuff.

So, I feel if someone wants to skip all the BS and keep things simple just get a high quality 1um Spray and some leather.
Nothing wrong with chasing "sport edges" with tons of compounds though either. That's part of the fun and the hobby of sharpening.


Mr.Wizard said:
I believe DeadboxHero DeadboxHero has expressed a strong preference for diamond spray. The only spray I have used is Hand American 0.25µm and I almost never use it now as I no longer use a straight and I don't find the need for it on knives. My universal-soluble pastes are coarser so I cannot make a direct comparison but I haven't formed a functional preference either way. I don't like the idea of micron-scale particles becoming airborne and I suspect paste is superior at suppressing that.
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I get mine from Ken Schwartz.

I also like the 1, or .5, micron. Although from time to time, I polish one up for bragging rights and go down to .25 micron.

I also use quite a bit of CBN. From 9 micron on down.
 
As BBB said, The Knife House 1 micron diamond spray is probably the best I've ever used. I like jende max emulsions and Ken Schwartz's compounds as well. Wasn't impressed by Hand American
 
I try the Portland or the Jende emulsion's,the last time I got emulsion from Ken Schwartz they were the same as the stuff I had been using from him,it didn't dry the same and didn't cut or make the edge sharp.
I also have 3 friends in facebook knife sharpening groups that have found the same thing with Kens emulsion's and he claims he hasn't changed anything and all I know for certain I got stuck with 3 bottles of Ken's emulsion's that are less effective then horse piss for stropping.
 
wade7575 said:
I try the Portland or the Jende emulsion's,the last time I got emulsion from Ken Schwartz they were the same as the stuff I had been using from him,it didn't dry the same and didn't cut or make the edge sharp.
I also have 3 friends in facebook knife sharpening groups that have found the same thing with Kens emulsion's and he claims he hasn't changed anything and all I know for certain I got stuck with 3 bottles of Ken's emulsion's that are less effective then horse piss for stropping.
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Which Facebook sharpening group is your favorite?
 
MTHall720 MTHall720 I like Guided Sharpeners,Edge Snobs,TSPROF Knife Sharpeners,Spyderco Millie PM2 Para 3 Club,Knives And EDC Gear,I find those groups aren't just useful for information and what you maybe doing wrong or sharing stuff but also finding out about new product's.
 
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