Venev vs diamond plates?

[kane22]

I have the KME gold plates and they work good for me. I was checking out the Venev bonded plates, and wondered what you thought were on them? I understand they would last longer, but I can buy two sets of the KME plates for the same price and have money left over. I also wouldn't have to worry about having to flatten stones. From what I've read the Venev plates will cut but not scratch as deep?

 

[777 Edge]

Venev stones are diamond bonded in a matrix, which means you can get a far superior edge from them compared to diamond plated stones. The Fepa-F 1200 grit Venev stone, is also a very fine stone - equal to approximately 5000 grit on the standard JIS system.

 

[3D Anvil]

I have the KME gold plates and they work good for me. I was checking out the Venev bonded plates, and wondered what you thought were on them? I understand they would last longer, but I can buy two sets of the KME plates for the same price and have money left over. I also wouldn't have to worry about having to flatten stones. From what I've read the Venev plates will cut but not scratch as deep?

My guess is that the Venev stones will last much longer than 2x the life of the KME plates. I've had my KME for 2-3 years and have already worn out the 140 and 300 grits. Granted, that's my fault to an extent for using them to reprofile lots of knives when I should have bought a coarser stone for that purpose.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Personally, I'd go out of my way not to have to deal with "flattening" anything. But that's me..

 

[kane22]

Personally, I'd go out of my way not to have to deal with "flattening" anything. But that's me..

I keep thinking that too. I think I'll just stick to the KME plates for now. Maybe when they need replaced I'll check the bonded diamonds again.

 

[c7m2p3]

Personally, I'd go out of my way not to have to deal with "flattening" anything. But that's me..

Don't own any of the Venev but didn't know you had to flatten them. What would I even use to flatten a coarse diamond matrix?

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Don't own any of the Venev but didn't know you had to flatten them. What would I even use to flatten a coarse diamond matrix?

First I'd heard of it myself.

 

[3D Anvil]

Don't own any of the Venev but didn't know you had to flatten them. What would I even use to flatten a coarse diamond matrix?

They're very hard. They don't require flattening often. When they do you can use sic powder, just like a regular whet stone.

I'd rather lap the stones occasionally then throw away steel plates when a thin layer of diamonds wears out.

 

[kane22]

If I was starting from scratch I think I might go with a set of them. The trick with the KME's seems to be not using any pressure. My second set is holding up well.