Spyderco 204D Diamond Triangle Stones

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Hi, i know these are available but i have not read any in-depth reviews of these stones. How long does it take to reprofile a dull blade? Also, do the diamonds come loose or fall out after a certain amount of use? Any extended use reviews?
 
Mine work great for reprofiling D2 and M2 steel. No need for them with ATS-34/154CM, ATS-55, AUS-8, or S30V.

I bought 'em and enjoy 'em, but a smart fellow told me that a $5 sharpening file will do the same job.
 
5 buck resharpening file........yeah right. We are not sharpening axes here. We dont need to remove a ton of metal, much less scratch the crap out of the blade. Plus how do you match the angles with a file. Thats bunk. You take your knife and use the file, I will stick with the diamond stones.

First off the diamonds cut on their own. If you press hard against them, thinking a little muscle will make things quicker you will wreck them. You just use the corners of them and stroke with very modest force levels. Then skip right to the spyderco white stones. The diamond hones really help a lot for matching a new blade to the spyderco angles on the sharpmaker when reprofiling. Using the standard stones to do this takes a long time if the angles are not close to matching. It goes much quicker with the diamond stones. I love them. Once you have the angles of your knife matching those of the sharpmaker, you will not need the diamond stones again. For upkeep the white or maybe the dark standard stones is all you need.

The edge I like best is obtained by using the diamond stones to match the angles, then corners of the white stones. If I use the flats of the white stones, the blade ends up too polished and slips right off poly rope etc and has no bite. Very sharp and polished edges are great for shaving hair, but have no bite on harder materials or slick fabric etc. New Graham Pharmacy has the best deal on the diamond hones I have seen.
 
Mike 990,

I have a pair of diamond triangles for my Sharpmaker on order right now, and look forward to receiving them. I intend to use them for just what you describe...to set the angle of a given knife to that of the Sharpmaker initially so that it can them be maintained normally. I also think I'll try reprofiling a couple of knives to 30 degrees - inclusive angle using these diamond triangles.

I appreciate your counsel about not pressing too hard, as I'd hate to damage the triangles after waiting so long to acquire some.

Thanks, Jeff/1911.
 
Mike990,

Thanks for the advice on the diamond sleeves. As a novice owner and sharpener, I had used force and the flats of the diamond sleeves. The coating's still there, so maybe a guardian Spyder was watching over me.

The file idea seemed to make sense to me when $56-80 was too much for someone to pay for the added precision. The suggestion was made to provide Musky Hunter with what I thought could be a cost-effective alternative. Sorry I ticked you off.
 
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