I'm looking at DMT's continuous stones, and I'm not sure which ones I should consider getting first. I mostly want to replace my Norton 220/1K, and it would be nice to replace the Smith's 235/750 diamond combination sharpener I have as well.
Right now I go from the Norton 220, the Smith's 325, the Smith's 750, and then the Norton's 1K and I strop on some plain leather about fifty strokes. It's not a real super high polish or anything, but it shaves well.
My big reason for wanting to ditch the Norton is mostly because I'm sick of flattening it, but I noticed the DMT's also have a "XXC", and I wonder if I should consider that as well. I usually have to spend some considerable time re profiling and I think it would be a time saver, but I'm worried about having to buy a whole bunch of grits in between to polish out the deeper cuts from it.
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my tools and results now, I just think these DMT continuous stones look neat and I'm wondering what lineup of them I should consider to replace my current tools with similar results as they seem like they'd require much less maintenance.
Right now I go from the Norton 220, the Smith's 325, the Smith's 750, and then the Norton's 1K and I strop on some plain leather about fifty strokes. It's not a real super high polish or anything, but it shaves well.
My big reason for wanting to ditch the Norton is mostly because I'm sick of flattening it, but I noticed the DMT's also have a "XXC", and I wonder if I should consider that as well. I usually have to spend some considerable time re profiling and I think it would be a time saver, but I'm worried about having to buy a whole bunch of grits in between to polish out the deeper cuts from it.
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my tools and results now, I just think these DMT continuous stones look neat and I'm wondering what lineup of them I should consider to replace my current tools with similar results as they seem like they'd require much less maintenance.