DMT D8X 8-Inch Dia-Sharp Continuous Diamond Extra-Coarse , Grey

Great high quality stone that will take the chisel edge to the next level compared to a 1000 grit trend stone.I haven’t used water stones, as I prefer the fact that diamond doesn’t need levelled.I’m happy with how this stone cuts and how the blades perform. I’ll usually strop after it, but it isn’t required.It’s not cheap, but it is GOOD! And you’ll only cry once.

This is the best bit of sharpending kit I have ever bought. 8x3" size you can horne wide plane irons @90' and it's perfectley flat so makes it possable to lap a plane sole to a degree of accuracy beyond what is required. And it does produce a truely 'razer' sharp egde. Top quality, Very pleased, I recommend it.

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!

Sharpened one large cleaver, flattened one 1000 grit whetstone and it's very much the worse for wear. I expected a lot more longevity at this price point.

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.

used the 8000 grit extra extra fine a good few times and no problems so far,reports of some failing after little use seem to point to hit and miss quality,puts a nice polish on the edge of knives

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.