Extra course DMT hone

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Gshock300

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Hey guys,

Does anyone know where I can get one of these online cause im in Australia.

http://www.dmtsharp.com/press/doublex_news.htm

Im thinkin it would be great for setting bevel angles before gettin onto the sharpmaker.
Ive got a 4 inch DMT course and a 6 inch ezelap fine and they both work well but a little slow for setting angles on big blades.
 
There's just got to be a place in Australia that has it. If you have some nicely polished opals I'll trade you my extra-course for them!!!

What's shipping cost from US to Aus?
 
I can't help you find one on Oz, but I will confirm that it's worth getting. It'll reprofile a blade in minutes.
 
Thanks for the replies guys,
I emailed the US based web shops but neither ship overseas and the Australian distributor hasnt even heard of it yet! LOL

Oh well... guess Ill wait till they become more avaliable here.
 
KeithAM said:
I can't help you find one on Oz, but I will confirm that it's worth getting. It'll reprofile a blade in minutes.
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I like DMT products but my experience with the the D8XX is different than yours. I was disappointed with mine, especially considering the money I paid for it. A Razor Edge Fast Cutting Coarse Hone removes metal much faster, probably because diamonds are not supposed to be used with much pressure. I'm sure the type of knife steel has a lot to do with it, too.
 
what is the razor edge hone?
Is it just an course stone or is it another form of metal coated plate?
 
Gshock300--

Coarse stone. www.razoredgesystems.com Click on "Hones".

The Razor Edge Book Of Sharpening helped me immensely to understand the principles and techniques of knife sharpening. It's often highly recommended by those I consider to be expert knife sharpeners.
 
it looks like a fairly thin stone and not a coated metal plate.
does it wear fairly quickly... developing a dip in the center?
 
It's not a coated metal plate.

The 8" hone is 1" thick and the 6" hone is 1/2" thick. I wouldn't say that is thin.

I've used the 8" for probably over 2 hours so far to reprofile some thick convex edges into much thinner V edges, using what I'd describe as medium/heavy pressure. There is a very slight dip in some areas. I consider that as wearing well, although that's just my opinion, of course. Since I use a circular grinding motion for the relief grind, dipping isn't as important to me as it would be to those who sharpen by drawing their edge across the hone, or the hone across the edge.

I haven't used many different kinds of hones so don't have much to compare the Razor Edge hones with, but I'm happy with them and think they are high quality.
 
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