Wowbagger
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So I finally decided to cough up the bucks to put a couple of diamond plates in my Edge Pro. I thought I needed this stone for at work (free hand sharpening) and figured if I got a double sided one it wouldn't hurt too bad to get a six inch one that I've been told will fit passably well in my Edge Pro.
I have been getting by for the few S110V knives I have by double back taping my little four inch stones from my DMT Aligner onto a blank aluminum Edge Pro plate that usually is used to support sharpening tapes. WARNING : if anyone tries this be aware the stones are way short and it is easy to frequently bang up the knife edge from having the stone slip over the edge because the stops on the Edge Pro are for longer six inch stones. I get around this by putting magic marker lines on the guide rod and try to stop at the line each stroke and reverse directions before I run off the stone. Good luck; easier said than done as they say.
So . . . I have a complete set of Aligner stones from like 140 or so to 8,000.
I ordered and received a six inch double sided DMT plate that was supposed to be "Fine" and "Extra Fine".
The problem I have are two. First off the grit and surface concentration of diamond particles is VASTLY different than my Aligner stones of the same grit description. Take a look at my sucky photos and tell me they are the same.


This Green Aligner stone is supposed to be the same grit as my new plate . . . both are supposed to be "Extra Fine 9 micron" . . . do they look the same to you ?
This photo is of the next more coarse stone in the Aligner line up, the Red "Fine 25 micron" is still much finer than my new "Extra Fine 9 micron" plate and the number of diamond particles is distressingly sparse on the new six inch stone.


The second problem is the plate is just short enough that I am going to have to add a washer to the Edge Pro between the brass tube and the plastic vise jaw that grabs the aluminum plates that hold the stones or tapes. This is obviously no great hardship . . . I mention this only because at least one of you have said you use these DMT six inch plates in your Edge Pro.
Have you had to add a washer to be able to grip the DMT plate ?
Like I said; no big deal I'm just curious and still grateful for the tip.
Someone in the back there is grumbling : Why didn't dumb O' 'bagger just get the Edge Pro diamond plates ? ? ? ?
Answer is that they are listed for use with ONLY ceramic knives or the world as we know it will come to an end and two of them would have been significantly more money and I THOUGHT I knew what I was getting grit wise by ordering a DMT stone because I already had DMT stones in those grits. The DMT in the six inch is also twice as wide as the Edge Pro stones so I was getting more abrasive surface area for my hand held sharpening.
Diamond stones . . . suck . . . scratchy, inconsistent, goofy things that produce a less impressive and refined edge than water stones . . .
and yet I seem to need the nasty things to sharpen my high vanadium and ceramic knives.
Thanks for listening . . .
I feel a little better now.
I have been getting by for the few S110V knives I have by double back taping my little four inch stones from my DMT Aligner onto a blank aluminum Edge Pro plate that usually is used to support sharpening tapes. WARNING : if anyone tries this be aware the stones are way short and it is easy to frequently bang up the knife edge from having the stone slip over the edge because the stops on the Edge Pro are for longer six inch stones. I get around this by putting magic marker lines on the guide rod and try to stop at the line each stroke and reverse directions before I run off the stone. Good luck; easier said than done as they say.
So . . . I have a complete set of Aligner stones from like 140 or so to 8,000.
I ordered and received a six inch double sided DMT plate that was supposed to be "Fine" and "Extra Fine".
The problem I have are two. First off the grit and surface concentration of diamond particles is VASTLY different than my Aligner stones of the same grit description. Take a look at my sucky photos and tell me they are the same.






This Green Aligner stone is supposed to be the same grit as my new plate . . . both are supposed to be "Extra Fine 9 micron" . . . do they look the same to you ?
This photo is of the next more coarse stone in the Aligner line up, the Red "Fine 25 micron" is still much finer than my new "Extra Fine 9 micron" plate and the number of diamond particles is distressingly sparse on the new six inch stone.


The second problem is the plate is just short enough that I am going to have to add a washer to the Edge Pro between the brass tube and the plastic vise jaw that grabs the aluminum plates that hold the stones or tapes. This is obviously no great hardship . . . I mention this only because at least one of you have said you use these DMT six inch plates in your Edge Pro.
Have you had to add a washer to be able to grip the DMT plate ?
Like I said; no big deal I'm just curious and still grateful for the tip.
Someone in the back there is grumbling : Why didn't dumb O' 'bagger just get the Edge Pro diamond plates ? ? ? ?
Answer is that they are listed for use with ONLY ceramic knives or the world as we know it will come to an end and two of them would have been significantly more money and I THOUGHT I knew what I was getting grit wise by ordering a DMT stone because I already had DMT stones in those grits. The DMT in the six inch is also twice as wide as the Edge Pro stones so I was getting more abrasive surface area for my hand held sharpening.
Diamond stones . . . suck . . . scratchy, inconsistent, goofy things that produce a less impressive and refined edge than water stones . . .
and yet I seem to need the nasty things to sharpen my high vanadium and ceramic knives.

Thanks for listening . . .
I feel a little better now.
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