Got a good deal on an eze-fold that I couldn't pass up. It has a course 250 grit, and a fine 600 grit combination. I am new to diamond stones. I have always used cheap stones, never knowing the actual grit. I am just starting to get half decent at sharpening and would like something to keep in the car. My question is, is 600 grit going to give me a decent enough edge to work with? Or should I also get the medium super fine combo as well (400/1200). I use a lanky system for expensive knives. This will be used for cheaper end blades such as the rat 1 in d2.
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ideal grit to sharpen to?
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For maintenance sharpening, you'd likely find the 400/1200 combination more versatile. I have that one, and the '1200' side will initially leave a coarser finish than the grit rating would imply. EZE-Lap claims their hones will gradually settle into a finer finish over time, after working more aggressively at a coarser finish for a while. I've noticed their '1200', when still relatively new, leaves a scratch pattern similar to DMT's 600 hone. That's a very good or excellent finish for a working edge. And the '400' side would obviously be coarser and could be useful for doing some pretty major repairs to heavily worn or damaged edges, or even for rebevelling tasks on occasion. And a 400-grit working edge, if done well and cleaned up completely, can be a pretty impressive cutting demon for general use.
A 250-grit hone could be useful for very heavy rebevelling & such. But there'd likely not be much need for doing that very often; most knives would likely only need it once or twice over a very long lifetime of use. Beyond rebevelling, I very seldom use anything below ~320 or so; that's about as low as I prefer to go for general-use working edges.
A 250-grit hone could be useful for very heavy rebevelling & such. But there'd likely not be much need for doing that very often; most knives would likely only need it once or twice over a very long lifetime of use. Beyond rebevelling, I very seldom use anything below ~320 or so; that's about as low as I prefer to go for general-use working edges.
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Its really a matter of what you desire out of your edge. When I sharpen, my knife is sharp at my first stone. Which is my most coarse stone. After that Im just refining the edge. You could easily get by with what you have. Will the blade easily slice paper? Maybe not because the egde will be toothy. But Im certain the blade will cut and perform at most tasks.
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To add to answering your question. I usually sharpen from coarse to fine on most of my knives with lansky diamond stones. My work knives, used for landscaping, I stop at the medium grit stone. Im not sure of grit numbers.
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Ideal. Then you could start with 600 if it’s dull, then go to 1200. Remember to go light with them, or you’ll tear out a lot of the diamond and shorten the life of the sharpener.
