DMT W8E 8" Diamond Whetstone Sharpener,Extra-Fine with Hardwood Box
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Product Details
Manufacturer: DMTModel: W8E
Product features:
- Excellent gift with Hardwood case for easy counter or bench use; larger, wider diamond surface for sharpening a variety of knives and edges
- Extra-Fine diamond to polish and refine an edge
- Sharpens knives faster than conventional stones with DMT's monocrystalline diamond surface
- No oil is needed-sharpen dry or with water
- Durable construction will provide years of consistent performance and reliable service
- The Complete Guide to Sharpening
- Empire Manufacturing TOOL-6D The Complete ToolSaver System
- Field & Stream (1-year)
Tools and Hardware Reviews of DMT W8E 8" Diamond Whetstone Sharpener,Extra-Fine with Hardwood Box
Customer Review: Simply the best.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. A medium grit and fine grit combination DMT stone are all that most people will ever need. It may seem expensive, but consider the fact that once you set the edge angle with the medium side, you can usually polish it in minutes to a razor edge. Two things: 1) get either a video or an instruction book on HOW to sharpen - there is more to it than just dragging the blade across the stone. 2) periodically scrub the surface of the DMT with soapy water and a stiff brush, this will clean out the deposits in the surface and allow the diamond deposits to cut properly.
I am puzzled by one reviewer's assertion that these are not suitable for sharpening steel. I used a DMT stone for 8 years to sharpen a dozen heavily-used restaurant knives (all Wustoff or Globals) and since then I have used the same DMT for 3 years to sharpen forged Japanese woodworking chisels (Rockwell hardness of 62-64 - which is far harder than most knife blades).
I haven't noticed any loss of sharpening ability at all and still put a shaving sharp edge on knives with it.
If theoretically you could wear off the diamond deposits, it would still be a better choice than traditional "natural" sharpening stones. While it is true that you can continue to use "natural" stones like a bar of soap as they wear down, that is one of the worst things you could do to your knives, short of using them their edge to hammer nails or something. That's because the key to quick, proper sharpening is maintaing the correct, consistent angle of the blade edge against the stone. When a natural stone wears down and become concave, it is almost impossible to maintain the correct sharpening angle as you move the blade along the concave (not flat) surface (It is difficult to maintain the correct, uniform angle even with a perfectly flat stone or diamond hone but that's another story). So people who are attached to "natural" stones and know what they are doing periodically use another stone to grind down the surface of their sharpening stone so it is flat. That is alot of work.
Finally, I've dropped the DMT a couple of times, once on concrete and once on tile and it was undamaged. Many "natural" stones are so brittle that they shatter or just crack apart when dropped.
Description of DMT W8E 8" Diamond Whetstone Sharpener,Extra-Fine with Hardwood Box
Diamond Whetstones - Polishing & Sharpening Stones Type: Bench Whetstone Length: 8 Width: 2-5/8 Grit: 1200 Grit Grade: Extra FineSharpening Stones Tools
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