Thread: Naniwa Diamond stones?

Originally Posted by bill3152

I have the atoma 400 and 1200. fast and don't stick to the hones. I know nothing about the naniwa though. If you are looking to hone on a progression of diamond plates, most people find the edge to be harsh as diamonds cut fast and deep.

Lynn told me the same thing. He said he tried it but stopped because the diamond was too harsh on the blades, his exact words, but you can use something like the DMT 325 to lap your hones.

Haven't used it, but I see that it was already referred back to metalmaster (takeshi kuroda) instead of japan woodworker. JWW has a reputation among wwers as having really high prices, always good to look elsewhere.

Sintered diamond stone, though, figure unless you know you want sintered diamond for something (instead of cheap electroplate diamond like you can get everywhere), there's no great reason to dump the dollars.

I remember a vendor telling me a while ago that one of the sintered stones (might not be this one) is an interesting proposition if it gets out of flat because some of them aren't too easy to flatten.