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Inexpensive cone shape diamond hone.......

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Just as a "heads up".

I've been using this "Rough Rider" cone shaped diamond hone this week. A friend who makes knives suggested this to me a couple weeks ago, and I've been using it for the past few days. I've been impressed with it, and have subsequently ordered two more as spares.....this ought to last me for many years....as long as the bonding of the diamond grit holds up.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271387877463?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

The price is right.....about $7 with free shipping.

This diamond hone is 360g. I believe the 600g I had been using gives a little better performance, but the keenness of edge the finer grit provides only lasts very momentarily before it's gone. There are times when I'll still be using the 600g cone, but for general purpose, this 360g will be fine.

I have been using the DMT cone diamond hone, and this Rough Rider is approximately equivalent in shape......very very useful inside the flutes of gouges. The trouble with the DMT hone, is the bonding process they use isn't very durable, and I've gone through a couple of them in the past few years....at $30 a pop. I also have a couple tapered/cone hones from Trend......but, the shapes this outfit uses isn't as good as this RR and DMT.

ooc
 
I use 2 of them. One is the Trend cone shaped sharpener and the other is simply what is called a fish hook sharpener that I got from my local hardware store. Both work great. I use them to hone the inside of my gouges. It only takes a few strokes. I usually don't have to hone the outside after I do this.
 
john lucas said:
I use 2 of them. One is the Trend cone shaped sharpener and the other is simply what is called a fish hook sharpener that I got from my local hardware store. Both work great. I use them to hone the inside of my gouges. It only takes a few strokes. I usually don't have to hone the outside after I do this.
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Howdy John.......You are using this same Rough Rider hone? If so, how long have you been using it, and what kind of durability of the bonding process has been your experience with it?

ooc
 
Have been using this "rough rider" for 3-4 bowls now, and I don't see a difference between the 360gt, and my usual 600gt hones. I've been switching off between the two, looking for any differences. Since you can feel the difference between the grits while honing, I've been using less pressure. In the past, all of these hones' surfaces become smoother with use over time.....so, I don't know how this RR will feel a year from now.

I do suspect the 600gt results in a little sharper edge that is gone in a couple seconds of time. The sharper the edge, the faster that keen edge is dulled....but, it dulls at an incrementally reduced pace, the further from the initial honed edge it gets.

Anyone else have any impressions about this cone hone?.....or, about any diamond hone, for that matter?

ooc
 
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Really impressed with these diamond hones........!

OK, have been using this inexpensive diamond hone for three months now, and it's now my "go to" hone for gouges. They are working so well for me, that I've bought six more of them just to make sure I have a lifetime supply. The cone shape is perfect for all sizes of gouges, and the diamond coating is showing no signs of losing adherence.....like the DMT cone hone did. The Trend hones are ok, but none have a very good shape for gouges.

The EZE-lap big flat hone is a good one......this company has the process fine tuned to last. Very good quality. Expensive as it is, I bought a spare one of these five or seven years ago, but it remains untouched and in the back-up inventory drawer. I use this one a lot, and it's still going strong!

All of the above are very expensive hones.....the Trend, DMT, and EZE-lap. The Rough Rider is cheap, works great, and has the best shape of all of them for flutes.

This is the best deal.....three for five bucks each, which includes shipping:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261719905659?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

ko
 
I have been using the DMT and EZ lap hones for a long time. They don't last long but are relatively inexpensive. I now have the flat Trend and its holding up very well. I use the round trend home and like it a lot. It's cone shaped on one side and round on the other. I use the round section on the inside of big gouges a d the cone shape on smaller ones. It also works really well to raise a burr on some but not all of my scrapers. Apparently the hardness of the steel varies on my scrapers and some simply need a different tool
To raise a decent burr
 
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