Thread: diamond stones??

would this be good for taking out chips and setting a bevel??? im very new to all of this.
thanks... Ultra Sharp XL 8” Diamond Combination Sharpening Stone - eBay (item 310027733361 end time Mar-30-08 04:04:26 PDT)

I wasn't able to find out much on this diamond hone.... to be honest, at that price, why not go with a known quality hone such as the DMT D8 series. They are tried, tested and true.... (apologies to some auto maker who may have used the same three words in the exact same order in a sentence).

Rarely, if ever, will you find equal or higher quality in this type of product at a much lower than normal price. Only if you cut corners by not checking to make sure they are flat, not carefully grading the grit size or perhaps not spending enough time in prepping before the nickel plating process that keeps the diamond dust in place can you cut costs enough to make a difference.

If money is a concern, go with a traditional 1000 or 2000 grit hone that you can lap flat rather than an unknown quality diamond hone that *claims* to be suitable but is only sold on ebay and maybe one or two internet sites that also sell toasters.

Regards

Kaptain "This is a $100 hone and this is a $25 hone, the $25 hone is not a $100 hone being sold for $25" Zero

thank you!! what do you think about the norton 220/1000? i already have the 4k 8k.

Originally Posted by ripman

thank you!! what do you think about the norton 220/1000? i already have the 4k 8k.

Everyone has their own favorite I suppose, I don't have the coarser norton you mention but I do have a couple of DMT hones that I am happy with as I can use the 325 grit to flatten my 4k/8k and my 1200 grit to set bevels. If you are doing a whole bunch of restoring/bevel setting on rough razors then it makes sense to get a hone or hones dedicated to that job. On the other hand, if you are only needing to do the occasional one, why not simply wet your 8k norton and put a piece of wet/dry paper of suitable grit on it (the water will make it stick just fine) and use that to set the bevel, then remove the wet/dry paper, rinse off the stone and flip it over and continue on the 4k side etc. It's cheap and it works, if you don't like it, you can still go out and get the coarse hone.

Regards

Kaptain "Sometimes I can be a cheap date" Zero

I use my 400 grit diamond hone to lap my Norton 1K, 4k and 8K and the Norton 1000 is used to finish lap the 4K and 8K.
Other that that the 1K is not used. I use 1K wet/dry sandpaper
to wear off any chips or oxidised steel.
The Norton 220 has no use for me.


Just my two cents,

i have a few razors that have chips in them. i never thought of the sandpaper on the hone, im gonna try it. thanks

I second the suggestion to go with a DMT. You can get one in the same size for about $20 or so more. DMT's products are top quality. Some of the cheaper diamond hones do weird things like fall apart if you get them wet.

The sandpaper thing works great for some and not so well for others. Sandpaper is cheap and very fast. If I had gotten it to work, I probably wouldn't have bought my DMT hones. If you find that you get really nice-looking edges that just won't sharpen, you might be rounding the bevels a bit on the sandpaper. I couldn't figure out how to get around this problem.

If it doesn't work out, there's always a DMT or Norton 1K out there for you.

Josh