Finally saw the light on diamond sharpening plates

I spent years fussing with water stones and flattening them every ten minutes, then a guy at the flea market let me try his DMT plate on a chisel and it cut faster with zero mess. Has anyone else had that moment where you realized you'd been making things harder for yourself with the "traditional" method?

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the_charlie3mo ago

Honestly, "flattening them every ten minutes" got me. That's insane, I didn't realize it was that bad with water stones. I always heard people talk about flattening but thought it was a quick thing, not a constant battle like you just described. Tbh that alone would make me switch, I'd lose my mind dealing with that.

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avery_carr573mo ago

Oh man, @the_charlie you're not wrong, it really is a constant hassle. Flattening water stones isn't just a quick rub now and then, it eats up time and makes a mess every single time. The DMT plates cut cleaner and you don't have to stop mid-sharpening to flatten anything.

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