Thread: So, I am Shopping for a 1k Stone for Setting Lots of Bevels

I have some venez diamond bonded stones for knives. I will have to try one for.the sake of science. I got them for some edcs I carry that are stupid hard steels (that's what I told.the wife and she believed me too! Lol). I will try one out soon. I find there is very little.similarity between those and diamond plates.

I tried one. The stones are made for hard steels.and load up very quickly with plain carbon steels.

If you want stones for hard steel, that’s what the Shapton Glass High Rockwell (HR) were designed for - the Lie-Nielsen semi-stainless A2 plane steel. They’re about the only thing that can sharpen my Yoshikane SLD slicer, though I don’t like to use my razor hones with knives as a general rule. Some jnats will cut it, others won’t.

“I have some venez diamond bonded stones for knives. I tried one. The stones are made for hard steels.and load up very quickly with plain carbon steels.”

My experience also, they load up and are a pain to clean without removing a lot of material, so where is the benefit?

Barkeepers and a diamond plate get’s them clean without removing too much material, but still not a recommended stone/plate.

If I remember correctly they suggest a sic stone. I have an old stone that I've used for cleanup. Seems to work well. Most of the time a green pad wet cleans the swarf up enough.