Loving the Falkniven DC3, but have questions on expanding my horizons.

[BIG45-70]

I've been using my small Falkniven DC3 with really great results. Every blade I own pops hair of my arms with ease. I also have a smiths stone and some old big box store stones that I've been using since I've been a kid. The ceramic side of the DC3 takes my edges to the next level, but lately I've been looking at some ultra fine stones.

My question is will and ultra fine stone polish the edge up better then ceramic? What should my next purchase be for a stone to polish the edge more then ceramic?

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

If your DC3's ceramic side is relatively aggressive/coarse like mine (DC4), then it's possible other Fine/UF ceramics can further polish your bevels. Spyderco's medium, fine and uf hones are all finer (in finish produced) than the ceramic side of my DC4. I like the aggressiveness of Fallkniven's ceramic, which works very fast to put a nice & toothy bite on an edge. But it's definitely different than most other ceramics you'll see from Spyderco and others.

Depending on the steels you're sharpening, you might also look into the black hard and translucent Arkansas stones. They work much slower, and extremely slow on very wear-resistant steels (S30V, etc). But they can still do a very nice job polishing/refining the bevels after something like a medium/fine ceramic. On simple carbon steel and low-alloy stainless blades in particular, they do very well.


David

 

[EdgePal]

DC3 and 4 has cange its ceramic from dark beown color to black color. The old dark brown color was finer then the new black color. I do not the grit of DC3 ceranic sharpeners, I have ask Fallkniven - and they do not know eather...

But, if you have the new black ceramic, you need to warn it in. To start with it is aggressive, but ir will be smooth after some time. For normal field sharpening it works very well for me.

Thomas