DMT sharpeners?

The best thing is that DMT stands by their products. Scott from DMT is a great guy and is very representative of their company. If you have found that your DMT is not sharpening just right, drop them an email or give them a call. Here is the website:

www.dmtsharp.com

Our sharpening department uses a DMT to finish up knives sometimes. They love them. I even keep a diafold and one of their credit card size "fine" grit sharpeners in my desk.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by King Grinch:
I think my eze-lap is just as good and cheaper but DMT is good too.</font>
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The two brands are made of two different types of industrial diamonds. One wears faster than the other. Have used Dmt stones since they first became available and also have used numerous EZ-Lap and the Dmt holds up much longer.

 
I've used my DMT hones -- coarse (grey), medium (red) and fine (green) for about eight years now, and they cut as well or better than when I got them new. My EZE-LAP diamond-coated steel also works great for touching up an edge in the field, or for sharpening recurved edges, though I haven't used it as extensively as the DMT hones.
 
For the double sided diafolds, which is best to get for a "field" sharpener? coarse/fine, or fine/x-tra fine?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Walt2:
Originally posted by King Grinch:
I think my eze-lap is just as good and cheaper but DMT is good too.</font>
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The two brands are made of two different types of industrial diamonds. One wears faster than the other. Have used Dmt stones since they first became available and also have used numerous EZ-Lap and the Dmt holds up much longer.
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OK different people have different opinions. I don't expect ANY sharpener to last forever. I prefer the price/performace ratio of Eze-lap.

 
For field use I would advise Fine/Coarse Double Sided Diafold rather than Extra Fine/Fine one. Fine (red) side is pretty adequate for quick touch up to keep the edge very sharp. Coarse (blue) side allows to sharpen dull or damaged edge, btw axes also.

Extra Fine (green) sharpening surface is nice for very fine finishing touch but it is not necessary in field conditions.

Also please take into consideration that each DMT sharpener being new seems noticeably coarser than it's claimed. Fine cuts like Coarse, Extra Fine - like Fine etc. You need to sharpen at least 10-12 knives to obtain claimed cutting aggressiveness. Later it doesn't change for long time.
 
Which angles are available on the guided DMT sharpeners?

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