DMT D8C 8-Inch Dia-Sharp Continuous Diamond Coarse
The DMT Difference
Diamond Uniformity, Coverage, Surface Flatness
DMT uses micronised monocrystalline diamonds, precisely sized for a more uniform diamond surface. No other diamond sharpeners offers micronised monocrystalline diamond and most offer the lesser grade poly-crystalline diamond. Mono-crystalline is like an ice cube made up of one particle holding its form while poly-crystalline is like a snow-cone made up of many small particles that get sheared off during use.
Coverage: DMT’s process assures the most diamonds per square inch in the industry providing a more durable sharpening surface.
Surface Flatness: DMT bench stones are engineered flat, assuring even contact with the knife or tool.
Choice of Diamond Surfaces
Interrupted or polka dot surface for which DMT is famous has slightly recessed holes that will collect metal fines (swarf) removed during sharpening to prevent loading. Fast sharpening action; not recommended for pointed or very small tools.
Continuous surface presents a more conventional looking sharpening surface. Fast sharpening action; able to use on small surface edges.
HardCoat, DMT’s newest proprietary surface, is able to withstand the rigours of ceramic sharpening, providing an even longer service life to the sharpener.
DMT Commitment
DMT is committed to providing the best diamond sharpeners in the marketplace. If the sharpener is found to be defective, we will replace it.
Benefits of The DMT Difference
- Precise Diamond Sizing for Consistent Sharpening and Longer Life
- Best Diamond Coverage for Longer-Lasting Service
- Flat Surface for Even Sharpening
- Choice In Diamond Surfaces
- DMT Commitment- Replacement If Found To Be Defective
8-inch Dia-Sharp Bench Stone Many Uses
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HomeJust a few examples of edges around the home this model can address: Chef Knife, Paring Knife, Boning Knife, Fillet Knife, Utility Knife, Putty Knife. | GardenJust a few examples of edges for use in the garden this model can address: Hoe, Axe, Machete, Spade, Trowel, Shovel. | Outdoor/SportsJust a few examples of edges for outdoor and sporting activities this model can address: Folding Knife, Fixed Blade, Machete, Pocket Knife, Fillet Knife, Skinning Knife, Multi-Tool, Hatchet. | WoodworkingJust a few examples of edges for woodworkers this model can address: Marking Knife, Chisel, Plane Iron, Utility Knife, Draw Knife. |
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| Knife and Tool Edges Able to Address | Straight, Convex | Straight, Convex, Small and Pointed Tools | Straight, Convex, with Base able to take sharpener to surface | Straight, Convex, Small and Pointed Tools | Straight, Convex, with Base able to take sharpener to surface | Straight, Convex, Small and Pointed Tools |
| The Differentiating Feature in Bench Stone Models | 6-in. x 2-in. sharpening surface, available in Plastic (.5 lb) with mounting capability or Wooden box (.6 lb.) | 6-in. x 2-in. sharpening surface, available in single and double sided, narrow profile to fit in tool box,( .84 lb.) | 8-in. x 2.63-in. two-sided diamond surface to step through honing process, comes w/non-skid mat (.51 lb.) or with a base (1.07 lb.) | 8-in. x 3-in. single sided, only bench stone offered in all 6 diamond grits, (2.45 lb.) | 10-in. x 4-in. two-sided diamond surface to step through honing process, comes w/non-skid mat (1.21 lb.) or with a base (1.7 lb.) | 10-in. x 4-in. sharpening surface, offers long, smooth stroke sharpening, (4.2 lb.) |
| Home Applications | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Paint Scraper, Screwdriver, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor + | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Paint Scraper, Screwdriver, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor + | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Paint Scraper, Screwdriver, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor; with base: shovel, sidewalk ice scraper + | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Paint Scraper, Screwdriver, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor + | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Screwdriver, Paint Scraper, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor; with base: shovel, sidewalk ice scraper + | Kitchen Knives, Fillet Knife, Box Cutter Knife, Pocket Knife, Putty Knife, Screwdriver, Paint Scraper, Scraper Knife, Straight Razor + |
| Garden Applications | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + | Spade, Trowel, Machete, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Dibble, Cultivator, Pickaxe, Grubhoe + |
| Outdoor / Sports Applications | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + | Pocket Knife, Tactical Knife, Machete, Multi-Tool, Hatchet, Axe, Ice Pick, Broadheads, Pitons, Fillet Knife + |
| Woodworking Applications | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, Outcannel Gouge, Scraper, Skew Chisel + | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, Carving Gouge, Carving Knife, Veiner + | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, + | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, Carving Gouge, Carving Knife, Veiner + | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, + | Chisel, Plane Iron, Marking Knife, Utility Knife, Carving Gouge, Carving Knife, Veiner + |
Portable Sharpeners
DMT offers an assortment of very portable, hand-held sharpeners that provide easy storage in home, shop, truck, back-pack or RV. Made to sharpen an array of knives and tools while portable enough for on-the-go sharpening. Interrupted surface models include Diafold, Mini-Sharp, 4-inch Diamond Whetstone; continuous diamond surface stones include 3-inch Credit Card Style, 4-inch stones and Mini-Hone sharpeners; one Double Sided Diafold is available in the HardCoat diamond surface, designed to withstand the rigours of ceramic knife sharpening.
Sharpening Steels
Most steels are designed to align a knife’s blade, but DMT diamond sharpening steels in 10-, 12- and 14-inch models will both align and hone the blade. All are continuous diamond surface but one 12-inch model is offered in DMT’s HardCoat diamond surface, specifically designed to withstand the rigours of ceramic knife sharpening. For those who wish to sharpen with ceramic, DMT offers a 12-inch ceramic steel sharpener.
Bench / Counter Stones
DMT offers a nice selection of diamond bench stones from 6- to 12-inch lengths of varying widths to accommodate home, sport and tactical knives along with a mixture of DIY and woodworking tools. Models include interrupted, continuous and one DuoSharp model in HardCoat diamond. Models include Diamond Whetstone, DuoSharp and Dia-Sharp bench stones.
Guided Sharpeners
If you are unsure about sharpening, try one of DMT’s sharpening systems to assist with proper sharpening angles. All systems revolve around the 7-angle adjustable blade guide utilising either 4-inch diamond whetstones in the Aligner models or Double Sided Diafold Sharpeners in the MagnaGuide line. The blade guide can also be used with DMT’s bench stones.
Care and Use of DMT Diamond Sharpeners
All models are designed to be used dry or with water so there are no messy oils and extensive clean up to worry about. Always clean the DMT sharpening surface after sharpening. Rinse surface with water and wipe dry. After several sharpenings, clean more thoroughly with a mild abrasive and brush; rinse surface with water and wipe dry.
Always put away dry and store in a dry environment. Use leafing (paper towels, cloth, plastic storage bag) in between your bench stones to prevent abrasive sides from rubbing.
- Use Dry or with Water
- Clean and Wipe Dry
- Store Dry
About Sharpening with DMT
Get the Most out of your DMT Sharpener
There is a ‘break-in’ period for your diamond stone. Initially, it will feel especially rough but will smooth over time without impacting performance. Let the diamonds do the work; just light strokes with the edge to sharpen, same number of strokes each side. Approximately 5 or 6 strokes per side (depending upon condition of edge) compared to 30 strokes per side on a conventional stone, saving time and extending the life of the knife or tool. Start with a coarser grit for damaged or dull edges and work to finer grits. The work the edge is to do will help you determine the grit needed: Rough work, end with coarse grit (cutting cardboard); finer work, work through finer grits (food preparation).
- Initial break-in
- Light strokes to sharpen – let the diamond do the work
- Faster than conventional sharpening methods
- Rough work – coarser grit
- Fine work – finer grit
| Weight: | 6.34 kg |
| Dimensions: | 35.56 x 16.51 x 8.89 cm; 6.34 Kilograms |
| Model: | D8C |
| Part: | D8C |
| Colour: | Grey |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | DMT |
| Colour: | Grey |
| Quantity: | 1 |
Si vous souhaitez vous quiper d’une pierre facile d’usage et extrmement efficace, les pierres diamantes de chez DMT sont LE bon choix ! Finitions au top, et le “rendu” est super agrable, on sent le pierre travailler… un rgal !
Certes elles ne sont pas donnes, mais c’est le prix de la qualit et de la longvit, on fait une vie entire avec ces pierres.
Et le ct “disponible de suite” (vs pierres japonaises, ou mme splah’n’go comme les shapton pro, excellentes elles aussi par ailleurs !!!), h bien … C’est top ! Elles sont l, toujours prtes servir, rien prparer ! Cette fersion extra-extra-fine est parfaite pour terminer un afftage, avant de passer au cuir qui va bien ,!
videmment, aiguiser la pierre reste un exercice pas vident du tout, surtout au dbut, et conserver un angle constant n’est malheureusement pas plus facile avec ces DMT 😉
Youtube regorge de chanes ddies (fandecouteaux notamment, ma prfre) et surtout… commencez avec un couteau sacrifiable ! Et gardez patience, a vaut le coup, quand on chope le coup, on y prend vite got 🙂
I use it for home and work. It is a great product.
Ich habe mittlerweile recht viele Diamantsteine und Wassersteine. Von allen mir bekannten Diamantsteinen sind die von DMT mit Abstand die besten.
Vllig plan und gleichmig. Nach jetzt 6 Monaten im Gebrauch sind die DMT Steine immer noch scharf, wie am Anfang. Den feinen Stein benutze ich auch zum Vorschrfen von Hobeleisen oder Stemmeisen. Den extra groben DMT mittlerweile nur noch zum Abrichten der Wassersteine. Hier hat der sich bei mir als unschlagbar erwiesen. Bleibt scharf und ist halt immer plan.
Made out of a solid and flat piece of polished steel that will not warp. Works as intended for quickly putting an edge on a blade or tool.
An XXfine grit diamond stone to put on a nice finishing polish to knives blades edges.
La rolls des pierres diamantes pour l’affutage. Chre mais conu pour durer vie. Trs efficace. La planit est parfaite et durable. La grande taille donne beaucoup de confort d’utilisation pour les lames de rabot et est ncessaire pour les grandes lames de couteau. Le polissage est trs constant. Attention toutefois si vous l’utilisez avec de l’eau. Il faut bien la scher aprs usage sinon elle rouille. Bon ce n’est pas un drame si cela arrive une fois mais cela pourrait peut tre endommag la pierre si c’est rcurrent (je n’ai pas test !)
I use this mostly for dressing my nice natural handmade bench stones…when it gets dirty or bogged down with material, just give it a good scrub with a big pink eraser….works grea
The two main usages that come to mind are flattening the back of chisels and regrinding the bevels of chisels and plane blades – both in hard steels. Unfortunately, diamond stones are a poor fit for concave backs – they tend to naturally “roll” in a lengthwise grind, which can result in *worsening* the back significantly! Back and forth grinding can work, but also takes care to avoid “bumping” the back of the chisel and unintentionally adding a back-bevel to the front edge – again because of the fast cutting this can happen quickly and require substantial work to correct. Convex backs are much easier – but probably don’t require such an aggressive grit.
A better use is for aggressively reshaping the bevel of a blade without risking damage to the heat treatment from a grinder – this can save significant time over the finer grits, but probably only really is necessary if you are frequently restoring abused tools. Note the burr created can be significant enough to cause chipping in some steels (PVM-11 for instance), so care should be taken to work down the grits before breaking it.
I’d recommend getting the Coarse/Find/Very Fine stones first, then working back to the 60 micron/120 micron stones only when a task is presented where Coarse is too tiring and sandpaper would prove too expensive. Note all diamond stones occasionally gouge a line deeper than average, so if you are looking for a perfect polish you might avoid the courser stones.
It’s worth every penny and I used it for everything. I love it!!!
Ordered XCoarse and XXCoarse stones online. XCoarse was shipped domestically within Aus and has been great. Very please with its sharpening/reshaping performance on chisels when used with a Veritas Mark II honing guide. Quality build. Would recommend. XXCoarse was shipped from the US to Aus, had barcode for XXCoarse but was in fact an XCoarse, which since its just tick marks on the packaging I’m not surprised by this error having occurred.
Received this item packaged in pristine condition. I have a few high end pocket knives. I needed
an high end diamond whet plate. As a knife collector, all must or should know that the factory
edge as to be beveled out before a razor sharp edge, can be made. Excellent for old knives that
needs to be straightened out, so you can begin the honing for a sharp edge achievement. This
diamond plate is the best quality and functional one, that I have purchased. Expensive, yes it is,
for me anyway. Sometimes you get what you pay ( Old Saying )…
This product looks and feels like it will last me a life time. It’s super solid and heavy. I’ve sharpen 10 knives on it already and i am very impressed about how fast it cuts. It’s a bit expensive compare to other systems
but overall im happy with this purchase.
Works excellently with fixing damaged hand plane irons to hand plane soles and quickly restores chipped, kitchen knives. I use it as a cheaper alternative for a lapping plate for my water stones, though the DMT lapping plate has better flatness. I clean it with Comet w/bleach with lightly flowing water after rinsing. It does seem to get a slight brown discoloration even before I used Comet. Alum, from the baking aisle, also does a good job for cleaning when you make it a paste.
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.
Love this but it’s WAY courser than what you would imagine…
Very happy with my purchase it took my sharpening to another level.
This is a great sharpening stone. Use lite pressure and let the diamonds do the work
May be not quite as course as expected but agood stone.
Wow, flattened/cleaned all my Edgepro stones (120 to 1000 grit) in about 10min. The absolute perfect piece I needed for fast cleaning/flattening of my stones. It’s expensive but good quality things these days aren’t cheap. So happy.
ach langem zgern hab ich mich fr dieses “system” entschieden & folgendes bestellt:
8″ Dia-Sharp Diamant Schleifplatte – grn = extrafein (9 Mikron/1.200 Mesh)
8″ Dia-Sharp Diamant Schleifplatte – rot = fein (25 Mikron/600 Mesh)
8″ Dia-Sharp Diamant Schleifplatte – blau = grob (45 Mikron/325 Mesh)
bis jetzt hab ich die GRNE platte noch gar nicht verwendet bzw. MUSS def. auch noch an meiner technik feilen, aber das ergebnis von 1em ungebten ist schon nach der 1ten anwendung… BRUTAL !!!
es dauert wesentlich lnger die “schleifstation” hervorzurumen + betriebsbereit zu machen, als der tatschliche SCHRFvorgang.
mit derart gut geschrften klingen wrde manN sich gern in die finger schneiden, aber warum sollte er.
hab ein echt FETTES messer von dem mbelgschft aus schweden geschrft & der zwiebel hat sich fast von allein geteilt – so MUSS es moses ggangen sein – & entweder haben es die kirschtomaten mitbekommen od. sie wollten hinter den zwiebeln NICHT abstinken. :c)
je suis pas mal satisfait, c’est sur que si le couteau est trop endommag a prend quelque chose de plus rapide pour commencer mais si vous faites attention avec vos bon couteaux, cette outil les ramnera avant de les passer au pire 3000. et 8000…
First one arrived with outside of box intact, inside packaging had been torn and damaged by some other unlucky purchaser. The unit itself had visible dings in the steel and raised bumps associated with the pits, almost like someone had intentionally damaged the surface with a punch.
Second one didn’t look great and felt a little rough at first. Decided to try it out on a chisel, the roughness was gone after a couple of passes and the edge was as I had hoped. I’d give this five stars if not for the hit-and-miss quality control, as others have commented on. Also, the price point is pretty high for what you get; but, considering there are not a lot of options or competitors for this product, if you can afford it, it’s worth the spend.