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#91

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!

#92

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.
 

#93

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.

#94

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

#95

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

#96

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

Last post by IGA - February 14, 2026, 04:19:20 AM

  Hi, I would like to be part of that section.
I have a number of old loppers pruning tools and a vintage TORMEK
Sharpening the lopper has always been a bit of a problem

#97

General Tormek Questions / Sharpening concave paring knif...

Last post by stphnchnr - February 13, 2026, 10:36:43 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a T-7 with silicon carbide wheel where I use the small knife holder to sharpen my concave shaped paring knife with 20 degree angle. For the life of me, I find I can never get a really nice sharp clean edge and final result, no matter what I do.
Do you think the universal support would help me sharpen this type of knife better?

Steve

#98

General Tormek Questions / Possible new section for Garde...

Last post by Rossy66 - February 13, 2026, 12:53:01 PM

As Spring/Summer is on its way, I want to offer sharpening garden tools (lawnmower blades, Pruning Tools, Loppers and other tools) and was wondering if there would be an interest in creating a section for sharpening these type of tools.

#99

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

Last post by Andy1066 - February 13, 2026, 08:51:56 AM

I sharpen mostly knives. I've tried honing using both the CW220 wheel and the LA220 with Tormek paste. The CW220 is OK but definitely doesn't seem to hone as well as the LA220 with paste... also the leather wheel with paste is very messy !
I now mostly use the LA220 leather wheel with Veritas green honing compound which is just a little bit messier that the compound wheel  but I get great results with it everytime using a FVB and the KS 123 jig set between 0.5 and 2 degrees above the grinding angle (depending on the steel).
Not scientific at all, just my own preference and findings over the last 5 years. 

#100

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

Last post by Rossy66 - February 12, 2026, 06:20:31 PM

Thanks everyone, I feel relieved that I made the right choice, I have not had any complaints about sharpness as of yet (I don't use a Bess Tester)and I hone with the USB while using the KS-123 to replicate the grinding angle and I am happy with the results.

Thanks everyone for their input.