Thread: DMT 1200 Use

Originally Posted by pcm81

I Love DMTs, they are great for flattening my real sharpening tools, the water stones. If you don't mind getting scratches which may be too deep to be removed by finer stones, there is nothing wrong with using DMTs.

I never had any problems with dmt 1200. I tryed the 1k naniwa i preferd my dmt1200. I guess it what i'm use to. I hope i get my 325/600 deliverd tomorrow. see how that goes on a wedge i'm honing , which needs bevel rebuilding.

I really appreciate all these responses. It seems that the DMT 1200 is used more than the chatter that I hear on SRP indicates. Better, the talk above gives me a good idea of the pros and cons.

As always, SRP rocks! In other words, as my Pennsylvania friends would say...

you'se guys rock!

I use mine occasionally , I have a small perforated one that I use exclusively for slurry in my nat stones

Originally Posted by Disburden

I have been using the dmt 1200 for about a year now for bevels and it leaves very deep scratches. I don't really like that part of the hone but it really cuts fast! Thanks to this thread I just purchased a naniwa 1000k lol

Ok that sounds weird, 1.2k DMT does not scratch more than any other 1k stone, not the 4 other 1k stones I have had at least.

I find the DMT 1200 to be very aggressive to both spine and edge and as a result do not use it. It takes very little time on this stone before you start to see definite flattening on the spine. I do not find that with either Shapton or Naniwa 1K stones and they get the job done very well.

A nudder poisonal preference area. This would not be the stone of choice though for honing a new razor or one in nice shape.

Have fun,

Lynn

Originally Posted by Lynn

This would not be the stone of choice though for honing a new razor or one in nice shape.

I need some education now, Lynn. For, I would have expected you to say it would be the hone of choice for an old razor needing a lot of bevel correction. Why stone of choice for new and nice?