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#21

Knife Sharpening / Re: Dc-250 - Df-250 - Sg-250?

Last post by John_B - February 14, 2026, 09:52:55 PM

I think many users worry unnecessarily about consuming the SG-250. When I have knives that need more material removed I do not hesitate in using the coarse side of the grading stone. I also in the camp that trues the stone fairly often rather than letting it go and removing a lot of material less often. Unless you are using a dial indicator to measure runout it is often hard to detect an out of round condition.

When chasing the sharpest edge I personally look at whose knife it is that I am sharpening. It is not too difficult to obtain an edge that is better than almost every out of the box knife. This can be achieved with the SG-250 and leather wheel. For my knives and a couple of customers I will use a second leather wheel with 1µ diamonds. I also look at the time required to change wheels to a progressively finer grit when doing multiple knives when few appreciate the knifes sharpness beyond out of the box.

#22

General Tormek Questions / Re: Should I buy the LA-220 ev...

Last post by John_B - February 14, 2026, 09:35:04 PM

I don't find the leather wheel with paste all that messy. I fall into the camp that adds paste occasionally rather than with almost every knife as you see in some of the videos. I think it becomes finer with use giving me a better final edge. I also have a second leather wheel for a few knives that is charged with 1µ diamonds. Using a light touch and not over honing also is important in getting the bet edge in my experience.

#23

Knife Sharpening / Re: Dc-250 - Df-250 - Sg-250?

Last post by Ken S - February 14, 2026, 04:06:02 PM

One overlooked solution is to make the final pass or two with your DF-250 with VERY light pressure. This is demonstrated in the online class covering the T2, but can be applied to any Tormek. This is very fast, not involving any wheel changing. It is also very cost efficient, as no extra expense is involved. It gently transfers the initial honing from the leather wheel to the grinding wheel.

Ken

#24

General Tormek Questions / Re: Some Questions about my ne...

Last post by Ken S - February 14, 2026, 03:26:42 PM

Carl,

I suggest you email your video and question to support (support@tormek.se). Some of us may have encountered your problem once; however, support handles problems regularly. I am not saying that there are lots of problems. I know the head of support. He has worked for Tormek since the early 1980s. He is very experienced and very dedicated. Incidentally, Tormek does not charge for tech support.

Ken

#25

General Tormek Questions / Re: Sharpening concave paring ...

Last post by Rossy66 - February 14, 2026, 02:53:09 PM

Take a quick look at this video, it should help.

https://www.youtube.com/live/aw4vJSUPXmk?si=FLB_MqNcvVXp00DJ

#26

Knife Sharpening / Dc-250 - Df-250 - Sg-250?

Last post by Swemek - February 14, 2026, 12:15:08 PM

Hi all,

I have two Tormek diamond wheels, course and fine. I also have SG-250 wheel which has never been graded course, so it still has the 250 mm dimension since I only use it as the final step after the diamond wheels, used as Tormek Japanese water stone, if you will, but with courser grit.

Many times DE-250 (grit 600) is the final step, this give me good enough result.

Wanted to ask you all if you see any reason to have the 1200 grit diamond wheel, as long as my SG-wheel keep it's dimension but also remains true?

To my eyes the result from SG-250 (graded very fine, with a finer grit than the fine git side of the Tormek grading stone) gives a beautiful edge to finalize on my leather wheels.

Is there any practical or theoretical pros with using diamond (or CBN) as the last step of sharpening super steel's like m390, rather than traditional aluminium oxide stone?

I I'm aware that deburring on diamond can give high vanadium steels better edge retention.

Thanks!

#27

General Tormek Questions / Re: Some Questions about my ne...

Last post by carlhanger - February 14, 2026, 11:53:33 AM

New drive wheel arrived and is installed. Everything runs smoothly now. Sometimes I I feel like the sound is slowly creeping back, but I think I am just a bit paranoid at this point. The knob is still wobbling around. I guess it was a dumb idea to use it as an indicator for anything.

Even after spending an extra 110€, I still think I got a good deal on this T7. Also, I have come to get to know the machine better (I love its simplicity btw), and the new drive wheel seems of much higher quality than the old one.
 

#28

Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife angle Setter KS 123,...

Last post by Swemek - February 14, 2026, 11:31:38 AM

I stripped my KS-123 down, cleaned it thoroughly, and just applied a wee bit of PTFE grease on the pivot area. So far after a few months of daily use, it's been pretty smooth.

I did exactly this, with success.

#29

General Tormek Questions / Re: Possible new section for G...

Last post by carlhanger - February 14, 2026, 10:52:33 AM

I would also be interested in this

#30

General Tormek Questions / Re: Possible new section for G...

Last post by Ken S - February 14, 2026, 06:55:18 AM

As forum moderator, I have no problem with adding a gardening tools sub forum. I will email the request to the Tormek IT manager. We added scissors several years ago; I don't know of any objections to adding garden tools.

Ken