Diamond sharpening stone

Today i recieved as a gift from a frend of mine , this diamond sharpening stone , sell in LIDL for a 9 or 10 $.
It arrived suprisingly , with a brand new rusian 6/8 Stolichnaia razor .
The razor was with 2,5 - 3 mm chips from pensil sharpening atempts . I love pensils , but i hate pensil sharpeners that destroy razors . I grind the blade doun 2,7 mm to clean the edge , and to smoothe the new diamond plates a litle bit .
At the end i put 1 piece of tape on the back / as aways / and in a 25 light strokes i set the bevel roufghtly at the finer 600 grit side of the stone .
Honnestly , i was impresed from the speed of the bevel seting , i think i will use it again. I often buy damaged old razors and i hone them and use them . In other words i often remove 1 to 3 mm chips from razors . I needed this also for lapping my stones quickly than the sandpaper .
Any of you gentelmans has any clue or impresions from this diamond sharpening stone - 4 sides 200 , 300 , 400 and 600 .
Any advise or sugestions , this is my first dmt stone , i was using 400 grit carbocorund or a diamond file for theese purposes until now .

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Hi,
The stone you linked is not suitable for straight razors, you need a continuous surface.

Can you show a picture of the razor?

...and, DMT is a brand...that does not appear to be a DMT product.

Those plates have been around for some time and are a bit rough for bevel setting razors but can be used to remove chips.
Be careful using them to bevel set, as the aggressiveness and size of the diamonds cut deep.

That deep stria will cause chipping at the finish.

If you are going to use them to bevel set, just get the bevels flat…ish and leave a bit of steel at the edge. Then bring the bevels together with a less aggressive stone in the 1K range.

The diamonds will do the bulk of the work without leaving lasting damage.

There are some good inexpensive 3X8, 1K diamond plates on eBay for 15-20 bucks.

And as you have found Carborundum Stones are great for bevel setting and repair work, just be careful with pressure.

I like the 100 series and you can still buy them for a buck or two, a bit more for pristine ones.

No it is not a good stuff , i lapped my 1200 stone and the 600 grit side goes away .I do it under runing water and very lightly and i cannot believe how fast 1200 Makita strips the diamond coat down .Good stone ha ha ha
May be i will use it for my kitchen knives or i will lap 3 more stones on the other 3 sides and destroy it perfectly .
It looks so cute when i first take it . Looking forward there are coming more razors this week for honing :popcorn:

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...and, DMT is a brand...that does not appear to be a DMT product.

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well i didnt know it i only have DMD

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Originally Posted by RusenBG

No it is not a good stuff , i lapped my 1200 stone and the 600 grit side goes away .I do it under runing water and very lightly and i cannot believe how fast 1200 Makita strips the diamond coat down .Good stone ha ha ha
May be i will use it for my kitchen knives or i will lap 3 more stones on the other 3 sides and destroy it perfectly .
It looks so cute when i first take it . Looking forward there are coming more razors this week for honing :popcorn:

well i didnt know it i only have DMD

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I would recommend getting a dmt 320/600.

I regularly use the LIDL diamond plates for flattening stones and removing chips, as the price is a cheap one (around 9€) i have to say that i never had any issues with them...

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Originally Posted by doorsch

I regularly use the LIDL diamond plates for flattening stones and removing chips, as the price is a cheap one (around 9€) i have to say that i never had any issues with them...

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Hi,
What is LIDL?

A worldwide german based food discounter....

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl

Diamond stones are good for fixing damaged razors and lapping our water stones flat. Diamonds are not good for honing to shave. We all have good luck with DMT brand stone: DMT 8in Duoshapr Continuous Diamond Sharpener Coarse D8C | eBay

Some cheap diamond plate can be very good if the surface is smooth and the diamond grit is consistent.

I know a guy who uses one of those plates or similar one from HF to bevel set and a Barber Hone to hone razors and he can put a hell of a keen and comfortable edge on a razor.

So I do believe the user does play a large part, very large part.

I have several diamond plates, some very inexpensive that work very well for lapping and razor repair.

It does not have to be a DMT or high dollar plate to get good results. It is just material removal, we are not finishing on these plates.

No i am very happy with it , i will never buy a DMT or EZE lap or some of the good stuff because i can not afford it . I work for a 20 dolars a day as a plummer , so i will never give my half monthly payment for 2 plates .No way .
I lap 2 more stones today but this time with the 200 and 300 side and it smooths but did not wears as the 600 i guess that the small grit arent suitable for a lapping .
Whatever now the 600 side is very smoote :), so i think it will be a wonderfull bevel seting plate without presure .
Doorch is right that for a 2 dolars a plate are amazing and very consistent in particle size .
I am waiting to arive from China 8000 white aluminium oxide stone .Taidea it is i think .If everything is fine i will order 5000 and this maybe

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they are not hight quality but will do the job done .


The thing is that i began to buy and hone more razors for me and my frends , i dont have much time to spend , so i need something fast for repair , chip remouval and the rought bevel seting and every little boy wants to be like the pro honers on You tube Ha ha ha

Yeah Rusen that one i quite good for the price...actually i lapped around 50 Hones with this one. And i have to mention there were not only slates, i had several Arkansas Stones, Washita, two granite type stones...so a lot of really hard stones and its still working actually....

So the next buy i will do is the same as is did before, actually i could afford it but i think it doesent make sense....

As Euclid mentioned its there to do the rought work and nothing more...

Agreed that a big 8inch sized "DMT" is shurely the better and more comfortable way but it will probably cost 15more times then the cheap solution...