DIAMOND SHARPENING STONE - hone block - 2" x 6" double sided FINE + MEDIUM

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000TY15AQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,097 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #19 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Hand Tools > Sharpening Stones

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For light/ occassional work, October 2, 2008

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Jim Anderson "The tuul fuul" (NW Montana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DIAMOND SHARPENING STONE - hone block - 2" x 6" double sided FINE + MEDIUM (Misc.)

I bought this item to speed up the initial clean-up on some antique chisels. At this price I wasn't expecting the best and got about what I expected. The plastic liner the two plates are glued to has a little too much flex and the glue gave way about a week into use. This proved to be a blessing in disguise as I made a handled backer for each and continue to use them. Diamond stones cut very fast and, although they leave a more significant scratch pattern, reduce the amount of time needed for removing pitting, burrs and the like. If you're planning on a diamond stone for final clean-up I'd spend a little more and get a finer grade, but given the above I'd say these have been worth it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Stone, November 5, 2010

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Ricardo (New York City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DIAMOND SHARPENING STONE - hone block - 2" x 6" double sided FINE + MEDIUM (Misc.)

I've been thinking of trying a diamond stone for a while but have been put off by the prices of some of those things. For the price, I thought I'd give this one a try.

So far, I've used it for kitchen knives as well as for several pocket knives and couldn't be happier. The "medium" side is actually pretty coarse and I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a really dull knife or want to get rid of a nick on the blade.

What I'm finding very useful is the fine side. Those plastic cutting boards are really hard on cutlery and sometimes steeling the blade isn't enough to bring back a good edge. For the most part, a kitkchen knife that has gotten a little dull doesn't need a major sharpening and a few strokes on a stone will take care of things.

The fine side also works well on my pocket knives. Again, unless you've abused the blade, a few stokes on the fine side of the diamond stone brings the edge right back.

One thing that I haven't yet tried is using the fine side for my wood carving knives. It's very rare that one of these needs to be worked over on a stone. Once properly sharpened, these kinds of knives usually need only to be stropped to polish up the bevel. Of course, sooner or later they will require sharpening and I intend to try using this diamond stone (fine side) for that purpose.

Basically, you can't go wrong with this stone at the price.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond sharpening stone, February 27, 2010

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Larry Siegel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DIAMOND SHARPENING STONE - hone block - 2" x 6" double sided FINE + MEDIUM (Misc.)

Economical diamond sharpening stone works as expected to produce well honed knife edges. I like the coarse and fine sides that allow shaping and razor edge sharpening with the same "stone". This replaces several sharping stones that take too much time, patience and skill to get sharp edges.