Thread: Spyderco 303MF

I was checking out the DMT6E, and the grit rating in it was 1200. Is that accurate? If it's that low, that would be too coarse for what I was looking for. The Sypderco is about 4k on the medium side and about 8k on the fine side.

I guess what I'm asking is how coarse is the 6E?

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I was checking out the DMT6E, and the grit rating in it was 1200. Is that accurate? If it's that low, that would be too coarse for what I was looking for. The Sypderco is about 4k on the medium side and about 8k on the fine side.

I guess what I'm asking is how coarse is the 6E?

The grit rating that you gave on the Spyderco is not correct, did you get it from Joel's "estimate" over at B&B? If you do some research then you will find that Sal (the person who ownes Spyderco) rated the medium grit in the medium hundreds and the fine at about 2K (which is consistent with the needs of a knife) as did Tim Zowada. I definately would not want to shave with a razor off the DMT-E but I would not want to shave with a razor off the Spyderco Fine either. You will need more polishing off either stone. Both stones are very fine in knife terms but very course in razor terms. I would like to see Spyderco make a 6X2 size Fine/Ultra Fine stone which would make a great barber hone type of stone. The Ultra Fine would produce and maintain the razor edge, and the Fine could fix minor damage. Now that would be a really useful stone for razors. I have been meaning to contact Sal about this idea, maybe I will in the near future.

I did get the numbers off Joel's write up. I have a finishing stone, but need to fill in the rest.

It seems odd to me that the fine would be so low, since the ultra fine seems good enough to shave off. I would not expect there to be that big a gap. Maybe I'll try PMing Joel since he seem to have used the Spydercos.

I think conventional wisdom says to use the medium for setting a bevel and the fine and UF for finishing like you would a Norton 4K/8K. I just got a set of these to try to learn to hone, so I will see how it goes.

Brad, let me know how they work for you, especially if you can progress through the three and end up with a good edge.

I just found out I have a Woodcraft near me, so I might pick up some Spydies tomorrow.

I think that the medium stone is probably a little on the coarse side
for razors. You will find that the Fine stone can cut very quickly and
get a razor ready for polishing on the Ultra-Fine in no time.

- Scott