DMTD8E 8-Inch Dia-Sharp Continuous Diamond - Extra Fine

I already have DMT Coarse and Extra Coarse 'stones' - purchased around 8 and 4 years ago. They are both excellent in every way, and still reliable!But this is not the same. The metal surface on the 'business side' of this stone has several score marks running across it. My other stones' surfaces are pristine, with no score marks. You'd think even more care would be taken with an 'Extra Fine' surface!And although it is marked and sold as Extra Fine, it is actually rougher than my Coarse slab. There are no instructions to say it needs wearing in: I used my other stones from day one, without any additional prep.Disappointing quality, considering DMT's usual standards.

Just pretty much reprofiled an old kitchen knife with a 600 grit fine stone!! These stones are very very effective. Normally you'd need a 120 or 240. Ive been hand sharpening for a couple of years now with wetstones so am pretty experienced. This stone is exceptional and ideal for beginners. A 600 grit stone is normally a third stone before a 1000 and then 4000/6000 polish. However this 600 is way more effective than a 600 grit wetstone so the results are immediate and significant. All I can say is that they work a lot quicker than wetstones so take it easy with new or already sharp knives. Burr creation is profound so very easy to tell when youve apexed. Even old difficult to sharpen knives wont last two minutes with this thing, so glad I found it. I follow a guy on youtube who taught me how to sharpen, look him up. His youtube profile is OUTDOORS55. His name is Alex. He got me into DMT stones and gives great tutorials on every day sharpening using cost effective stones. No need for Japanese chosera stones at £200, get one of these american imports, sharpen from a fine stone and then strop to shaving sharpness!

I bought the extra course plate as I restore a lot of abused tools.I put a primary bevel on 2 plane irons using light pressure and water to float off the swarf.When I had finished the centre of the plate was worn down to the metal.I get several weeks of use from a cheap plate. I got 10 minutes from this one.

This is great. I got this mainly to flatten my Japanese water stones (double sided rough and medium, plus a 12000 grit honing stone) and it's great for that. I've also used to to dress some plane bodies and it still works great on the stones. Should have bought it years ago as the hassle of using glass and paper have meant I've mostly made do with hollowed stones...

Good solid diamond stone that took a lot of abuse flattening sets of Narex chisels and new plane blades properly so I could keep them sharp on finer stones. Cuts nice and fast and keeps doing it, also great for flattening out your finer grit water stones with.

Good price for DMT extra coarse.If you want to stop using a grinder, this is the diamond plate to buy, provided you also have coarse, fine and super fine plates. Or if you only use carbon & A2 steel blades and want an extra coarse to cut bevels, using oil stone and strop for the rest.

The first one I recieved had a tiny imperfection (a bump in the casting) but Amazon returns are so easy I got a replacement within a couple of days. The plate itself is great and cuts really nicely. I used to use nothing but water stones but having to flatten them all the time becomes a real pain. These dimaond stones are worth the investment and I'll be replacing my last two water stones once I have more funds.

Great quality! So happy I finally took the plunge and bought one! Now I need to buy in fine/super fine. I already have the wave sharpener in fine and it really does a fantastic job on gouges, so won’t hesitate to buy more when I can afford to.