Todd Simpson

I’ve been using the 1500 diamond for my SG2 steak knives and been happy with the performance.  I wouldn’t recommend ceramic for steel that hard though.

I’m looking forward to seeing the results of these measurements.  One thing that I would love to see (in addition) is the material removal rate.

I have a few Wusthof “grand prix” kitchen knives that I bought at least 20 years ago.  They are nice knives, easy to sharpen and respond well to the steel.  They’ve been through the dishwasher a thousand times.

The only problem is that huge bolster eventually needs to be thinned if you want to avoid a recurve.  If I was replacing them, I would bu…[Read more]

This seems to suggest that DMT does not deliberately add the oversized diamonds, although the one  EEF and the three EF plates I looked at all had a small number of large diamonds dispersed across the surface.  They are definitely single crystal diamonds, not clusters of smaller diamonds.  The WE 1500 doesn’t seem to have these (although I ca…[Read more]

I recently purchase the GO plus the 1500/1um film paddle and have sharpened a handful of knives with it.  It’s super easy to use and does a great job.

In general, I’m not interested in mirror polishing bevels or multi-stone progressions.  I’m quite happy to sharpen the blade with the 600 (or 200 if required) and then micro-bevel with the 1500 d…[Read more]

I understand the use of this when a new account is created, but I’m not seeing why it is necessary when existing users login.  I had to complete at least 6 of these to login just to make this comment.  Honestly, these things discourage me from making a contribution when I browse here.

Methanol, Ethanol and Iso-propyl Alcohol (IPA) have fairly similar cleaning performance.  IPA is preferred because it evaporates more slowly than methanol and ethanol and doesn’t have the regulatory issues of ethanol.  It’s available in high purity for a relatively low cost.

Acetone is a stronger solvent, in that it will dissolve a wider range o…[Read more]