What brand diamond stones to get?

DavidZ

DavidZ

Gold Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2004
Messages
4,230
There seems to be a number of different products on the market - even within the same brand.
DMT has the ones with and without the "interruption holes"! :confused:
I have the smaller pocket DMT's, but want to review all of my options out there.
I would like to get larger diamond diamond stones as well.

Any help from my forumites would be appreciated - the search function did not prove super useful for me this time.

Thanks,
Dave
 
DMT is an easy no-brainer, so far as I'm concerned. Any of their product line, with or without the interrupted surface 'holes', they all work well. I have an 8" Duo-Sharp Coarse/Fine bench hone (interrupted surface), three Dia-Fold hones (two C/F, one EF/EEF; interrupted), two 'credit card' hones (F & EF, continuous surface), two double-sided Dia-Sharp 6" hones (XC/C, F/EF; continuous surface), and a 4" pocket Dia-Sharp (continuous, in EF). Never regretted buying any of them.


David
 
I have several 6X2 solid surface DMT plates that I use on edge-Pro mounts. They are truly excellent plates. But, as one would expect, the pricier Atomas are hands down better.
 
Any of 'em are good... That being said; the most of mine are DMT... i like the continuous stones for extra fine (...green...) and up; but it's not a necessity. Buy the one9s) that are on sale. Check out Lee Valley Tools.... They have a pretty good discussion on diamond sharpening and some interesting stuff to sharpen with. Lee Valley is a fancy woodworking tool supplier... Just google 'em and you will find them.

Hope this helps
leroy
 
leroy82646 said:
Any of 'em are good... That being said; the most of mine are DMT... i like the continuous stones for extra fine (...green...) and up; but it's not a necessity. Buy the one9s) that are on sale. Check out Lee Valley Tools.... They have a pretty good discussion on diamond sharpening and some interesting stuff to sharpen with. Lee Valley is a fancy woodworking tool supplier... Just google 'em and you will find them.

Hope this helps
leroy
Click to expand...

Sharpening Supplies .com is another excellent source.
 
In the past, I've used the EZE-LAP 1X6 fine and superfine on EP blanks. (800 and 1200???) They were inexpensive, and they worked quite well, but they didn't have the long life of the Atoma and DMT.

If you use diamonds only rarely, it may be worth looking into them.
 
Thanks all for the great information. This helps my search greatly. Those Atoma plates are interesting. I had not considered those. My search continues.:):thumbup:
 
As said before you can't go wrong with DMT.
I have a 6' course stone that is over 20 years old and seen much use and it still works like a champ.

But I have also picked up some no name set of diamond stones on Amazon for the toolbox that cost under 10 bucks and they are impressive for the price.
Nowhere near the quality of DMT but they do the trick.
 
As big a DMT fan as I am I must say the Atoma plates are very awesome. I have only had the chance to briefly test out the 400 Atoma but it was a WOW! Experience. The only down side is they don't go as fine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top