Dmt dia sharp?

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Hi fokes, Im curious, do any of you use these stones- diamond plates? I bought a 6'' coarse and 4'' fine a few weeks ago. I've not used them much but how do they hold up? How do they compare to the more expensive dmt stones? Just looking for opinions.

Thanks.
 
I have a KME sharpener that came with the DMT dia-sharp stones. I haven't used it for very long but my results have been good. I've used them to sharpen up a bunch of kitchen knives and also some S30V and CPM154 blades. I've never used the more expensive DMT stones so I can't help there.
 
lotoblades said:
Hi fokes, Im curious, do any of you use these stones- diamond plates? I bought a 6'' coarse and 4'' fine a few weeks ago. I've not used them much but how do they hold up? How do they compare to the more expensive dmt stones? Just looking for opinions.

Thanks.
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DMT "DiaSharp" 11" and 8" so far best diamond tools I know. Very fast, do not show any sign of wearing out. My main battle set D8XX, D11C and D11E.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
Thanks guys, nozh I may have to get on of the xx coarse myself, the coarse isn't as aggressive as I thought it would be. I sharpened several kitchen knives and a couple of new moras, just to break them in, now that their smoothing out a little they seem to work much better.
 
i don't use the coarse DMT, haven't ever needed it.. but medium, fine, & extra fine have jobs here.... DMT, belgian stones, and finest grade japanese will do it all. IN MY OPINION ONLY>.

DMT is the time saver.. belgian is the edge maker, and finest japanese is sophisticated, elegant, and lets you forget everything else while you work.. good art..
 
I have also found the DMT are really the cat's meow. The XX and coarse can pretty much re-bevel any edge that you want, and the coarse/fine diafold is perfect for field work.

I leave the waterstones for my straight razors, and the belgium coticules, well, not much use for anything, I've got mine for sale....
 
I have the DMT xxc xc c f and Xf and find them all quite useful. They are all the 8 inch sized plate diasharps except for the xc which is a 6 inch plate (11 inch is on it's way). I use them extensively for waterstone flattening, reprofiling and removing scratches sequentially from the preceding level of coarseness.

The biggest advantages are that they will cut hard steel (including highly abrasion resistant steels) and that they remain flat. I haven't tried the xxf yet. The flatness is critical for getting an edge established before refining the edge with waterstones and or various pastes (diamond, chromium oxide, boron carbide, etc). I consider my xxc and coarse to be the foundation of my sharpening equipment.

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Ken
 
Been using my regular DMT fine and x-fine for about a year now, mostly on my S30V Native but on some others as well. Really great stones; not the diasharps though. What do those guys run? I can get their 'normal' stones for about $35-40 a piece at a local hardware store... last time I looked. But I've been thinking of going for an X-coarse so...
 
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