I use this ceramic stone for carving knives and a drawknife instead of honing to keep a sharp edge. I would suggest you also add two ultra-fine for razor sharpness. You can still see all customer reviews for the product. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. An excellent choice if you want to go that extra mile and really put a nice finish on your blade. You can edit your question or post anyway. Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020. Mine was extremely warped. This set is a key part of my sharpening kit made up of four items: Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014. I was so happy to find this single rod so I did not need to purchase 2. To clean the stone, we recommend using Comet or Ajax and a green nylon scrub pad with water. (Official company reply) Thank you for taking the time to contact us. You could see the curve with the naked eye. I just got this yesterday and put it to the test. The ultra-fine rods for the spyderco sharp-maker are an excellent addition. Well worth it if you need a very fine edge, The very best sharpening system that I have ever used, The very best sharpening system that I have ever used. Stropping after using the ultrafine stones leaves you with a hair popping edge. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Unlike honing with leather, paper or any other flexible material that establishes a micro bevel which eventually rounds over and requires the blade to be resharpened , this stone maintains the primary cutting bevel like new. Top subscription boxes – right to your door. Just remember to buy 2 (sold separately) Is it really needed? Use light pressure and let the rods do what they are designed to do. Really nice edge on my fillet knife. OMG! I was able to get a mirror-like finish on my CPM S30V steel with minimal effort. I had broken a rod & needed a replacement. This page works best with JavaScript. These rods will put a near mirror finish on the cutting edge of a knife. © 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, 4640171 Spyderco Tri-Angle Stone - Ultra Fine, See all details for 4640171 Spyderco Tri-Angle Stone - Ultra Fine. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. If you want to go finer, you will have to get a strop and polishing compound. I am using the DMT Coarse stone and after an hour I'm close but not quite there yet. Please make sure that you've entered a valid question. High on the middle and low on the sides. Then let the stone dry and put away in the leather storage pouch. Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2011. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Lapped those in 30 minutes using DMT x-coarse then coarse. brien. High Lumina is graded as a man-made sapphire. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. I use this in between the very fine 1200 grit and very very fine 8000 grit diamond stones and before the 12000 waterstone. I took my tiny SAK blade and gave it 5 strokes on either side and immediately could shave hairs on my arm. The stone works well for sharpening my woodworking tools. They work great. Took me about 20 minutes with fairly coarse atoma 120 grit. Draw grid on stone surface with a permanent marker then lap. Read honest and unbiased product reviews … Ce n'est pas essentiel mais ça apporte un plus. I don’t have a diamond lapping plate to correct it and even if I did I would be taking off about a 16th of an inch of stone. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Can't wait to try it on some walleye this season.. Please make sure that you are posting in the form of a question. I strop with green paste 30K and then diamond 0.5 micron, 60K grit. A great addition to the Sharpmaker set. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.