DMT X-Fine

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I got a new DMT Diasharp extra fine today. I am not sure what to thing about it. It really doesn't cut much, but doesn't polish either. What does it do good?
 
DMT hones take time to break-in and in my experience when they are new they are less than impressive. Once broke-in it will provide a good bit of refinement over the fine DMT and if followed by some stropping you can get some very sharp edges. It's a good finishing stone because its not too polished and not too coarse giving a good balance of sharpness.
 
I had the same response when I first got mine. I thought "is this all there is" about it and was very disappointed after all the hype on here about them. I also got the coarse, and the fine, and so far, have not had very good experience with them. I can do better on an old Arkansas stone I have had for years. Of course, it may just be me and my method, because I can run circles around them with my paper wheels. (no pun intended:D) Of course as Knifenut said above, they are probably not broken in yet. Paid too much for them to give up on them yet.

Blessings,

Omar
 
I have the X-coarse, coarse, and fine. They are terrific, to put it mildly. It's just the X-fine, that has me a little perplexed. Maybe it just does need a bit of break in time.

Jason, I seem to remember reading, that the X-fine needs more time to break in that all of the rest. Like it needs a lot in other words. True?
 
The EF and EEF hones from DMT can impress when used on softer & simpler steels like 1095 or CV. I sometimes use Fine or finer diamond on steels like this, because even at this grit, they work very fast and can leave a fine-grained steel (low or minimal carbides) with a wicked-sharp edge that still has some bite. Sort of impressive how 'buttery' some softer steels can feel on an EF or EEF. On more wear-resistant steels, they won't cut as deeply, and therefore seem slower and will tend to leave a more (nearly) polished finish.


David
 
L2bravo said:
I have the X-coarse, coarse, and fine. They are terrific, to put it mildly. It's just the X-fine, that has me a little perplexed. Maybe it just does need a bit of break in time.

Jason, I seem to remember reading, that the X-fine needs more time to break in that all of the rest. Like it needs a lot in other words. True?
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I think the finer hones break in a bit slower but once you have sharpened a few knives on them they will be broke-in enough. As time goes on they get better but it just takes a few sharpenings to "condition" the surface.
 
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