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I purchased one felt wheel in December 2022 and one in March 2023. Price was US$ 75 plus US$ 25 air shipping plus import duties. The wheels arrived two or three weeks after prepayment.

Only use solutions of diamonds in alcohol as water based solutions will change the properties of the felt.

I like these wheels and I get good results!

Regards,
Drilon

Thanks! Does anyone have a recommendation on a shaft extension to put these wheels on the honing side, similar to what Vadim used?

THe felt wheel Vadim (RIP) used was produced by the chinese company Ningbo Purui Polishing Company.

https://www.puruipolishing.com/product/10-inch-rock-hard-felt-wheel/

Regards,
Drilon

Thanks for the info, I Will contact them to see if there is any flexibility on the minimum quantity for order.

Have you ordered from them in the past? What is shipping time and price like?

I ordered one wheel from durofelt over a year ago and wanted wanted to order another one. When I went to their website it was no longer working.

Has anyone found a similar product with good results?

Thank you

Sharpski,

You apparently sharpen different tools than I do. Almost all of my sharpening is my carbon steel woodworking tools, a few carbon steel pocket knives, and my stainless kitchen knives. These are all within the scope of the SG. If I sharpened high vanadium tools and knives like you do, I would feel differently.

I would follow Tormek's recommendation of the 600 grit DF-250 diamond wheel as a good general purpose wheel. It cuts reasonably fast and leaves a smooth finish.

Ken

Thank you. I am thinking the 600 and 1200 grit to start and going from there.

The SG has really been fine for the carbon steel. I just have always honed up to higher girt. I had planned to get the SJ wheel but then I read the comparison of sharpening high vanadium steels with aluminum oxide vs diamond, and that changed everything since I do frequently sharpen pocket knives with so called "super steels".

For my carbon steel I will likely continue to use the SG and maybe a felt wheel which I have ordered to hone a bit to a higher grit if I really want.

Thanks again for you insight you have been most helpful!

[want]

Thanks for the welcome and good information. I am not planning on any high output sharpening business. I sharpen for myself and friends/family. I sharpen at something at least 2-4 times per month. I have been keeping things sharp for quite a while and don't settle when it comes to and edge. I bought the tormek system to reduce the time it took to sharpen what needed to sharpen.

Yes, I agree that diamond wheels would definitely be classified as a want and not a need, but I want faster, consistent results.

The SG 250 has worked fine for my wood working tools but from what I have sharpened recently I have found myself finishing some of my plane blades on my whetstones since I am used to a certain result. I do sharpening a lot of high vanadium knives which is what I will probably sharpening the most of. Hence, the interest in CBN and diamond, thank you KGA for that great research!

Overall, I think you all have answered what I needed to know. I was leaning towards the tormek diamond stones and wanted to make sure that people had a good experience with them and there is no huge advantage over the CBN stones. The whole anti corrosion additive is not a huge deal to me. I know that the KGA stones had very specific embedding rates that he found worked best. I don't know what is the suggested rate or what tormek uses on their diamond stones. These stones are an investment so I wanted to make sure that I would be happy with purchase for years to come.

Personally, I would rather stick with tormek branded equipment if possible. I have been impressed with their quality and attention to detail and from a long term perspective they will always be there in case I run into an issue with their products.

Thank you all, and I am sure I will post with more update and questions as I get more hours in.

I recently upgraded to the tormek T8 and so far so good but wanted to get some new wheels.

The diamond wheels from Tormek seem very good, but also considering the CBN wheels if I can track some down. I see they are on still listed for sale on Knife Grinders Aus but I don't know if anyone has successfully ordered from them recently. I saw his son may still be fulfilling order of what they have left.

I am sharpening mainly higher end pocket knives, kitchen knives and various tool blades from chisels to plane blades

Anyway thoughts and experience are appreciated!