A review of a cheap set of diamond sharpening stones from amazon link to tool amzn.eu/d/c46d9ZW (Not sponsored) Please remember to like and subscribe leave a comment if you have any questions about this tool or any others
I'm a hobby knife sharpener / professional so these diamond plates are really good for profiling and removing a lot of material quickly but I wouldn't rely on them solely as you're only stone for sharpening, you're better off investing two or three hundred bucks it'll pay for itself eventually but for chipped or damaged blades that are very dull it's worth it.
Yeah, it's common for cheap diamond stones to be contaminated with low grit diamonds, so on your 1200 grit diamond stone there will be a bunch of 300-600 grit impurities putting huge scratches in the blade when you're trying to polish it.
No , I wasn't too worried about contamination as any residual grit or burrs should wash away with the lubricant . But even if it didn't, im not particularly fussed as long as my chisels come out sharp at the end.im still fairly new at sharpening, so that might be a bit more of a pro level question. Thanks for watching.
@@mbtoolreviews sorry, I wasn't very clear. What I meant was that some cheap diamond stones, especially dual sided ones have grit contamination during their manufacturing process, where coarser particles will be embedded on the finer grit plates. You can see that with the scratch pattern basically remaining the same when you go up in grit. I am trying to get a real 1000 grit diamond stone, but I didn't see any review that looked into that and found a "true" 1000 stone
@@Aexium I think that's mostly a problem with the dual sided ones, since they go through the same lines, so coarse particles get into the fine side. Always go for the single sided diamond grits. I'm going to give one of these a try just for fun and maybe a gift to my brother that bought a super steel knife without a good way to sharpen it. I'll grab a DMT Fine if this is toast, although I might just do it anyways.
I cant really say because it depends on how often your using them . If your using them daily id say your probably better off buying high quality thicker ones. If its a few times a month then you'll get good use out of them.
