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Pros & Cons
Pros
It sets the bevel quickly. I do the bulk of my sharpening with my belt grinder. When i'm traveling or don't feel like going to the shop, a coarse dmt is a must.
The moon seems to be one of the bones of contention surrounding the stone. Water helps keep the dross (steel cut from the blade) from clogging the pores of the stone and that keeps the stone cutting longer without needing cleaning. Highly recommend as... Read More
Spyderco has such high quality standards that there is nothing to worry about ordering any of their products. I believe these will last a lifetime. Well worth the purchase.
They are flat enough for everything i've tried including straight razors, and lapping according to some is not beneficial for the stone. Some are worse than others but these were acceptable; about the width of 20# copy paper out of flat.
Highlights
Quality
I also used water with the stone so that probably helped a lot on keeping it clean
However it takes a little time it will take the steel off smooth and slowly to comeup with the perfect angle that you desire
As you can see in my pic i partially filleted my finger with the benchmade knife i just sharpened
Hey td we hear you ravin about dmt quality 247
Shipping
Highly recommended shipping from the knife store was within acceptable time limits
Its very easy and fast to maintain an edge once you get the hang of it
I like this stones but i receive two spyderco stones in the plastic shipping bag and the bag and the packages with stones luck ... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Made from the same material found on the sharpmaker rods these stones allow more surface area for those the prefer to sharpen free hand
Great to use straight from the container
Perfectly white till i touched up a few kitchen knives and my para 3 only 1 hour out of the packaging
Competitiveness
I have previously used and still own a spyderco fine triangle rod and i find it removes material too slowly to be useful for an... Read More
If you are pressed for the absolute flattest surface available buy a shapton and spend 3x as much
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- This product had a total of 243 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 13 2024.
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Had to warn the family before they used the kitchen knives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am a knife snobi also am a sharpening system snobnot much i havent bought and tried over the last 40 something years
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Yes a belt system is faster but i dont like to use them on high dollar blades
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I called spyderco regarding the stones flatness and they reported that the flatness tolerances were not known and that they had received reports from some users that this was a problem particularly straight razor users
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This has been a long time issue with spydercos ceramic extruded sharpening stones
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Star subtracted for manufacturing tolerance still not corrected after years of selling these
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It took over 3 hrs to get 1 side of this stone lappedflattenedremoved 1
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