dmt surfaces

[williamsld8]

I am prety much exclusive now to dmt stones, but the ones I have are not very large. My question is this, disregarding any worries of points getting caught, which surface delivers the best edge, interrupted or uninterrupted stones? its my understanding the the continuous surface stones load faster. Any advice would be great cuz I am soon to purchase a new set to replace my diafolds as my primary sharpeners.

 

[Talley1013]

I only have the continuos DMT stones but I haven't noticed a problem with them getting loaded. Sometimes I sprinkle water on them but I usually use them dry and scrub them with comet and a toothbrush every few weeks or so depending on rate of use. I have worked my way through cheap hardware store stones, water stones, ceramics and finally DMT continuous and think I have finally found what I am looking for. I like the continuous stones because my work knives get the tips messed up pretty frequently and the large continuous surface gives me plenty of room to grind in a new tip.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I have two double-sided 6" Dia-Sharp hones (continuous, XC/C and F/EF), and two 'credit card' sharpeners (continuous, F and EF) from DMT. Haven't had any major issues with loading on any of them. They're very easy to keep clean. While using them, if you think they're getting a bit dirty, just wipe them with a damp paper towel or sponge. After each use, just use a little dish soap & water to clean 'em up. It's safe to assume they CAN load faster, because they work much faster than the interrupted surface hones. The entire surface of the continuous hone is covered with diamond, as opposed to the interrupted surface hones, which (obviously) don't have any diamond where the holes are. With all the extra diamond on the continuous hones, you get a lot more bang for your buck on your edges. I'm not knocking the interrupted surface hones. I have 3 Dia-Folds and an 8" Duo-Sharp C/F bench hone, and I like them too. All of them, continuous or interrupted, are easy to keep clean.

 

[unit]

It depends on what you are dowing I suppose.

I have done some fairly major regrinding on DMTs. If you generate enough to load a continuous stone, you need to rinse more frequently. The same work on an interrupted surface would suffer from swarf gouging also (if you do not rinse equally frequently).

Short answer is that it should not matter... if you are going for 'best' results you will rinse the stones before there is any buildup.