Hi All,
I have always used wet stones, 3 grits, for plane and chisel. But ya have t=
o flatten the stones now and then, which I do. And all the water and slurr=
y is a tad messy. I use some small diamond "stones" for the pocket knife, =
and it works well. Saw they had 3X8" diamond stones for sale on www.dmtsha=
rp.com
A purist would only use a real stone, but have any of you used the diamond =
ones??? I'm tempted after the good luck I've had with the small ones.
Rich.....
On 9/15/2013 3:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have always used wet stones, 3 grits, for plane and chisel. But ya have to flatten the stones now and then, which I do. And all the water and slurry is a tad messy. I use some small diamond "stones" for the pocket knife, and it works well. Saw they had 3X8" diamond stones for sale on www.dmtsharp.com
>
> A purist would only use a real stone, but have any of you used the diamond ones??? I'm tempted after the good luck I've had with the small ones.
>
> Rich.....
>
I use a diamond when I have a nick. As i have a coarse diamond now.
I have water and arkansas stones in finer grits.
if I had to buy today, I would buy diamond. There are better deals for
dmt than the dmt site. See
http://www.bestsharpeningstones.com/dmt/DMT_Dia-Sharp_4_Stone_Kit_2.html
or dags since there may be better deals now.
Be aware you should use oil to prevent rusting, mineral oil or cutting
oil. I like mineral since I use it for other things too.
--
Jeff
On 9/15/2013 3:15 PM, woodchucker wrote:
> On 9/15/2013 3:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have always used wet stones, 3 grits, for plane and chisel. But ya
>> have to flatten the stones now and then, which I do. And all the
>> water and slurry is a tad messy. I use some small diamond "stones"
>> for the pocket knife, and it works well. Saw they had 3X8" diamond
>> stones for sale on www.dmtsharp.com
>>
>> A purist would only use a real stone, but have any of you used the
>> diamond ones??? I'm tempted after the good luck I've had with the
>> small ones.
>>
>> Rich.....
>>
> I use a diamond when I have a nick. As i have a coarse diamond now.
>
> I have water and arkansas stones in finer grits.
>
> if I had to buy today, I would buy diamond. There are better deals for
> dmt than the dmt site. See
> http://www.bestsharpeningstones.com/dmt/DMT_Dia-Sharp_4_Stone_Kit_2.html
> or dags since there may be better deals now.
>
>
> Be aware you should use oil to prevent rusting, mineral oil or cutting
> oil. I like mineral since I use it for other things too.
>
If you have water stones that still have a lot of life in them, as I do,
you might get the DMT lapping plate to flatten them. I just got one and
it works quite well.