Quote Originally Posted by cotdt View Post
I just won a Friodur on eBay. It has never been sharpened so I will have to set the bevel and start at the beginning. Are they difficult to sharpen? I notice with my stainless steel knives that the edge chips easily if I use a DMT diamond hone, but is fine with my waterstones although waterstones have difficulty cutting SS. Does Friodur have this same chipping problem?
That's the exact same problem I was having with my SS razor on DMT hones. I just couldn't get a bevel without microchipping the edge.

I haven't been able to try this technique on a SS blade yet, but yesterday and today I managed to take some more harshness out of the DMT's by using about a 45-50 degree heel-leading stroke, and using quite a bit of dish soap in the water I was spraying down the DMT's with. I was able to get a much finer edge on the blade I was working on doing this. Hopefully, it'll also prevent the microchipping.