Diamond Sharpening Stone

I have been sharpeing dull stuff for 50 plus years, especially salon scissors -- this is a very good tool, especially due to it keeping its horizontal flat face; a very quick fix for dull kitchen knifes. Also broad [wide] enough for most uses and easy to maintain vis a vis whetstones.

I use this diamond sharpening stone to sharpen tools for wood carving, and it gives me the best results! I also have a whetstone, but those results haven't been as good as those for the carving knives. Highly recommend this!

So I decided I wanted to learn how to sharpen chisels and knives free hand a la Paul Sellers and Rex Kreuger. I knew I wanted to go with diamond stones because I'm just not into the idea of having to flatten my stones all the time or risk bad results. I also don't want to use a water stone because of the hassle and mess. I just want something that can live in the kitchen and do double duty for my chisels but also for kitchen knives. I didn't have the price of the three stone set like Paul Sellers uses although I'll probably upgrade at some point. Meantime, this one works really well for my purposes. It worked WAY faster to flatten the backs of my chisels than the Arkansas stone that came with the set. Once basic sharpening is accomplished, I almost never use the 400 grit side; just a brief workout on the 1000 grit side, some polishing on the strop, and plenty sharp enough for my needs. I haven't been able to achieve true razor sharpness but that's on my and my still developing technique. Making progress. I really don't think I'm ever going to go for crazy fine grain stones in the multiples of thousands. Just not needed in my very real, pragmatic world.I especially like the holder that comes with it. Super easy to use and keeps the thing from sliding on my counter top. The stone, itself, is nice and heavy and the whole set up feels well made and quality. For the money, and at this stage of my experience/expertise in using a sharpening stone, it's just about right.

Mountain your sharpener is always an extra decision and it’s easy to get it wrong; this kit comes with a mini vice and really sticky rubber stoppers. Makes a huge difference with sharpening experience, you’ll enjoy an otherwise pain-in-the-butt process. The plate is longer than most, this saves time and gives you a feel of the instruments edge mid-way through the stroke. I can’t believe I used plates that were 7-8” long. This things like 12”. The other problem with cheap Diamond sharpening stones (China, typically,, the no name brand) is flatness maintaining its flatness. This plate has been machined perfectly and has zero flaws in all four corners. You could use it probably to flatten out your other “Almost flat” whetting stones. Me, I’ll probably throw out my whet stones because this is the best sharpener on the market and the set up was well thought-out. Feels like it’s made in Germany.

I got this diamond plate in 2019 as a low maintenance alternative to waterstones and to help with restoring found chisels and plane irons as I started woodworking as a hobby. It didn't have the bottle, but eh, nothing a cup to drip some water from can't fix. Plus it might have been before they offered the bottle, I can't remember.It worked great and was fairly quick at grinding down metal with the 1000 side leaving a pretty nice edge that's refined and polished further with a compound laden strop (though it does take a bit of doing since the scratches even after breaking in are a bit persistent). The holder is great too, super handy for both this plate and strop since I like to sharpen freehand.I had to knock off a star though. While the 400 side was as flat as my straightedge told me, the 1000 grit had a slight hollow. Again, not that big of an issue since I put cambers on my irons, but it's been on my mind when it comes to the chisels and the irons of other planes that don't need a camber or when/if I do get a waterstone or two for edges finer than what the 1000 grit side and a strop gave me. However, it's still handy to have out for quick and dirty touch ups when I don't want to drag out the oilstones for a more involved edge maintenance.I do wish that I could have just taken half a star off though, because this plate has been pretty good to me!

You get everything you want out of a diamond stone with two grits and an adjustable mount. I fixed two knives and sharpened five more to perfection with no issues despite getting some stropping compound lodged on the stone. It works perfectly. I'm not an expert sharpener but I was putting beautiful edges on my blades straight away with this stone. I love it.

I had already used the wet stone to sharpen knives, but heard about the advantages of a diamond stone. I decided to buy this unit, and when it arrived, the packaging was all destroyed, and the unit within a little banged up. Well, I contacted the seller, which is the company And they completely made it right a really good company. I’d say go with this unit.

All my blades now always get perfectly sharp blades n them