Im a noob sharpener, but pretty knowledgable when it comes to folding knives. I bought the diamond rods for the sharpmaker and tried to test my skills by dulling a knife by rubbing the edge against steel about 50 times although I know a few times is only necessary. I actually got it cutting paper better than my para 2 and even my sage 1, which I was totally shocked that I did that. It isn't perfect and doesn't enter the paper perfectly every time like those knives but pretty close. I spent almost an hour with the diamond rods, because I was being very gentle and using a touch more weight than its own weight on it, I noticed about half of the surface area of the edge was gone. I then, just decided to use the medium stones it comes with, and by rubbing it quickly up and down about 30 times on each side for about 2 minutes I could cut paper with it.
I only rinsed my diamond rods with water because of fear of ruining them.
So my questions are, in your opinions: 1. Do you think I wasted money on my diamond rods because I can't put too much pressure on them anyway? 2. Did you guys notice that you wore your rods wore out pretty quickly just from one or two uses? (because the shininess of the rods was eliminated about 50%, not sure if thats because steel is lodged in them still or not) 3. How do you clean your diamond rods if you have to be so careful not to dislodge the diamonds from the nickel plating? (I usually use a thick towel and throw water and ajax on it and rub the rods against the towel back and forth and that takes the steel right off)
Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate your feedback.
I only rinsed my diamond rods with water because of fear of ruining them.
So my questions are, in your opinions: 1. Do you think I wasted money on my diamond rods because I can't put too much pressure on them anyway? 2. Did you guys notice that you wore your rods wore out pretty quickly just from one or two uses? (because the shininess of the rods was eliminated about 50%, not sure if thats because steel is lodged in them still or not) 3. How do you clean your diamond rods if you have to be so careful not to dislodge the diamonds from the nickel plating? (I usually use a thick towel and throw water and ajax on it and rub the rods against the towel back and forth and that takes the steel right off)
Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate your feedback.
