Spyderco Diamond Triangle Pair

by Spyderco

Product Features

• Diamond-impregnated triangular rods for the Spyderco Sharpmaker sharpening system
• Aggressively remove steel and are ideal for re-shaping and re-beveling cutting edges
• Sharpen all types of edges including serrated edges
• Sold as a pair
• Made in China

Product Description

These are steel triangles blanketed in a bonding agent then covered in diamond particles. Diamond hard abrasives are recommended when you wish to remove stock, for restoration purposes and to aggressively re-shape, re-bevel and re-profile a cutting edge.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WUKFBM
• Item model number: 204D
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,110 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not coarse enough for rebeveling easily, October 27, 2009

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Richard Burt (Palo Alto, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spyderco Diamond Triangle Pair (Sports)

The SharpMaker is a great product, but one of the drawbacks is that it's slow going if the bevels of the knife are wider than the 30° or 40° angle that the SharpMaker is set for. And reducing the angle with the stones that come with the SharpMaker can take far too much time and effort to be worth while. That's why people opt for the diamond stones. But I found that the SharpMaker diamond rods were not coarse enough for my taste, and reducing the angle with the diamond stones still took far too much time and effort to be worth while, at least with some of the tougher steels, such as D2 and ZDP-189.

I think a better idea is to purchase the DMT D6CX Double Sided Dia-Sharp Coarse/Extra-Coarse Bench Stone:

DMT D6CX Double Sided Dia-Sharp Bench Stone - Coarse / Extra-Coarse.

You can lean the DMT stone against one of the SharpMaker ceramic rods so that the DMT stone is at a 30° or 40° angle and hold the DMT stone fast to the ceramic rod with one rubber band going around the top and another one going around the bottom of DMT stone/ceramic rod. The DMT stone will remove more metal faster than the SharpMaker diamond rods.

And if you want to freehand sharpen, the DMT stone is much better for that.

Having bought the SharpMaker diamond rods and then the DMT stone, I can say that the extra expense of the DMT is well worth it. Some people love the SharpMaker diamond rods. I'm not one of them.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have add on for sharpmaker, November 11, 2008

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Stitch "Knife Guru" (Tri Cities, WA) - See all my reviews

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These diamond rods make sharpening old dull knives so much faster and easier. I use these stones to give the knife a 40 degree edge, and then work my way through the other stones to fine tune the edge. My next purchase is going to be the ultra fine stones.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job, March 21, 2010

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Adam Trachtenberg (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm happy with the diamond rods. They remove metal much more quickly than the brown rods included in the Sharpmaker set; this saves a lot of time when establishing the initial bevel. Not for frequent use -- just for very dull knives or knives that haven't been sharpened with the Spyderco system before. I'd have given five stars, but for some reason it's a little hard to get them in one of the Spyderco slots. They must be slightly larger than the default rods.