Thread: DMT confusion causing much pain!

LOL, guess I should have known it wasn't the blue one, because it's too small! I noticed it appears to be smaller in the photos, but never thought while my ADD head was choked with other mysteries (such as does a good lapping tool need cavities like the Norton lapping stone to protect a Norton stone) to check the actual size of the blue DMT 325. I'm still mystified that people buy such tiny hones for their knives, most of which are probably at least as big as any SR!

Originally Posted by bluroot

So is the right product black with a continuous surface, or is it white and full of blue holes? I must ask because the photo which you copied depicts an Amozon listing under product title D8C, while multiple other sites depict an object with blue holes (so I guess that's what they are), but only for product title DMT 325. I really hate to be a pia, but some of the vendors should not be licensed to carry DMT products if they really are that innacurate in their descriptions. Which, between the (so depicted) black product and the blue product are not described equally (never saw the words
"contiguous" nor "whetstone" associated with the blue producr).

Are you saying that you are sure the Amazon photo should depict a white surface with blue holes? This would be so much easier if the word "lapping" was in the product title, or at least the description!

Originally Posted by bluroot

...Again, I stated it inaccurately (it's silver, not black)! But I hope I'm not wrong in saying it isn't blue, and that DMT does make another product rated 325 which is blue.

DMT doesn't always use their color-coding. When they do, it is:

• 120 mesh silver
• 220 mesh black
• 325 " " blue
• 600 " " red
• 1200 " " green
• 8000 " " tan

Some examples are in my current avatar (4 inch models). Note that the metal based hones all look silver but are not necessarily a 120.

FYI the "whet" in whetstone doesn't mean that it is to be used "wet".

To whet a knife is to sharpen it.

So that is why some whetstones can be used dry.

Michael