I'm planning on getting started with sharpening with benchstones (I've had a sharpmaker for about a year now), and I was planning on ordering the DMT Diafold Fine/Coarse and the Fine/X-Fine from New Graham. Should I also order an extra coarse diamond stone, or is the Coarse side of the diafold good enough? I do have some knives in steels up to VG-10 that could use reprofiling, so would the coarse side of the diafold take long enough for an extra-coarse stone to be worth it?
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Getting started with benchstones...
- Thread starter Carpdiem
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I have fine and x-fine DMT 6" bench stones. I would go with a XC-C and a F-XF combos, no reason to be redundant with a C-F and F-XF, IMO. I've been thinking about getting a F-XF diafold and C-XC bench stones in addition to my F-XF bench stones eventually (not in the near future)...
But they really are great stones. The F diamond seems to cut almost as fast as my coarse carborundum! Well, maybe not quite, but kinda almost. They do tend to leave nice, clean microserrations which work great for slicing, but if you like a polished push-cut edge then you'll want to finish up with a strop or at least your sharpmaker.
Also, check out the diasharp line of stones. The 4 and 6" ones are signifacantly cheaper than their regular interrupted surface stones. http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/s...ing Products&srch=eqCATE CODEdatarq=dmt&&s=25
But they really are great stones. The F diamond seems to cut almost as fast as my coarse carborundum! Well, maybe not quite, but kinda almost. They do tend to leave nice, clean microserrations which work great for slicing, but if you like a polished push-cut edge then you'll want to finish up with a strop or at least your sharpmaker.
Also, check out the diasharp line of stones. The 4 and 6" ones are signifacantly cheaper than their regular interrupted surface stones. http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/s...ing Products&srch=eqCATE CODEdatarq=dmt&&s=25