Diamond for Sharpmaker... WHERE?

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I have canceled two orders over the past month because these are out of stock everywhere and no one has an ETA on receiving them. Even Spyderco's site shows them as out of stock.

Does anyone know where I can get a pair of diamond inserts for the Sharpmaker? The part I need is the 204D triangles.

Thanks!
 
i'm also interested in some diamond rods. i emailed newgraham a few days ago and they responded with:
"We were told it was going to be the end of the year or beginning of next year. Not unless they have more come in before that."

which made me a sad panda.
 
My understanding is there was a problem with the manufacuturer of the 204D. Spyderco said it would likely be some time before the 204D is reintroduced.
Kristie @ Spyderco suggested the Byrd Duckfoot Diamond sharpener as an alternative....under 30 bucks.
This info is from last week when I spoke with Golden.
Regards, Mike
 
Mike is indeed correct and yes, I strongly recommend you give the byrd Duckfoot sharpener a try.

Kristi
 
Rat, that is correct. Most use the diamond hones to profile the edge to the correct angles. Using only light pressure, the diamond hones will remove a substantial amount of metal in little time. BTW, the Duckfoot comes with an instructional DVD.
md
 
Are there 40 & 30 degree angles just like the sharpmaker? And is it dummy proof like the sharpmaker?
 
If you stand the Duckfoot up on the point on the end of the "foot" with one of the corners touching the table/bench/whatever as well, it creates a 40 degree angle. So it's basically equally dummy proof.

What I actually do is take one of the DMT bi-fold diamond rods and hold it against one of the ceramic rods on the Sharpmaker- instant 30 or 40 degree angle. You have to be more careful not to cut yourself, but I've had great results using this method.

As far as the actual sharpening process, I typically do 10 swipes per side on the medium grit diamond, then 10 per side fine grit, then 5 per side fine grit, then 1 per side fine grit, and then move on to the medium Sharpmaker rods. I can usually get a blade from too-dull-to-cut-card-stock to fresh-from-the-factory sharp in ~10 minutes.
 
I use the same method. I tape the dmt coarse to the sharpmaker. I don't use the fine dmt though. Wouldn't the spyderco medium rod be coarser?
 
I dunno, I just figure diamond is pretty much always gonna be coarser than ceramic. It certainly takes steel off more quickly than the ceramic rods.
 
I just looked up DMT's website. Coarse is 325 and fine is 600. I believe the medium sharpmaker is 600. does anyone Know for sure?
 
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