smiths hones

I only use there diamond stones and they work pretty darn good but not quite as good as my dmt brand diamond stones.
 
I have two old Smiths hard arkansas stones, probably 15 - 20 years old or so, they are pretty good. They don't seem to be getting the decent stones any more though.
 
wow my diamond smiths are still holding up after all these years. are you sure you didnt break it in?
 
nah, like i said i used it a few times and the center of the hone was smooth and shiny like the diamonds came off. i had a hard smiths stone and it was good for fine work, but it broke. i mostly use the bench stones we get at the fisherman's supply on the wharf, but was looking for a small one like you'd get in a randall or pilot survival knife sheath. i saw a smiths like that at lowes, but not sure if i want to buy it if its going to wear.

thanks for the input:)
 
The Smiths diamond hones work well for me also. However I very rarely let a knife get so dull that it needs more than a touchup. Sometimes reprofiling is needed after hard use or abuse. I just reprofiled a Cuda Talonite EDC with Smiths diamond hone last night rather quickly with no problem.
 
I just got a med benchstone from Lowes it was 12 bucks. I love it it works well for a mild touch up on my mini manix
 
I bought a Smith Diamond sharpening kit about a year ago. It looks like a Lanskey knock-off, but it works well. It only has two angle settings, so most of my blades had to be reprofiled, but I'm not complaining... I got to sharpen a dozen knives in a row :)
It has held up well. I sharpen my own, or coworkers' knives about once or twice a month and its holding up well.

stdlrf11
 
stdlrf11,

If you want more angles you can drill out oval holes in the plastic pieces below the existing slots. I am guessing that I am getting 10 & 15 or 11 & 16 along with the 20 & 25. Actually it does not matter what new angle you create as long as they are at the same place in the "wings". It works very well for lower angles. I could only make 2 new holes each before it got too low to use.
 
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