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Review on πŸ’ͺ Enhance Efficiency with DMT AKFC Aligner Quick Edge: The Ultimate Sharpening Tool by Patrick Matin

Revainrating 4 out of 5

BEAUTIFUL Easy to use with parts and accessories

Overall I really like this guide and would recommend it to those (women) who want sharp knives but it would be difficult to make them by hand. The guide is very easy to use and you can get stones to fit on it and they are very thin. With this stone even a novice can sharpen a blade close to a razor blade. Very good product, everyone can easily give the knife the right sharpness. Most people should be able to use this guide the first time. With a little help and a few quick demos, even someone who has never sharpened a knife in their life and is afraid to do so should be able to do a good job with this guide. This set of guides comes in several different versions. Most of them have more bricks and accessories than the set listed here. However, there are two small problems: On a small knife, like a pair knife, it is difficult to attach a blade with a low angle. The jaws of the guide, where they pinch the blade, interfere. However, this is not necessary with such a small angle. When used as a bench guide, I wish the adjustable legs were a little more stable and stayed in place better than they did. Half a dozen times I've used the guide this way, it didn't cause me much trouble but I have to watch my feet. Update 11/05/10 I've noticed a potentially significant downside to using stones to sharpen knives and tools. I'm no expert on this, and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else, so take it with a grain of salt. The blades of the knives I sharpen are sharp, but they don't stay sharp for very long. First, no matter how well you sharpen an edge, it's not perfect. On the edge are small microscopic teeth. Looks like a saw. These "teeth" on a knife are not the same size, shape, and spacing as they are on a saw. And at the same time they are not rigid like a saw. When you cut something on a knife, those weak teeth bend one way or the other, and the knife begins to dull. my theory difficult. They cut very quickly. They also cut very deep. They make deeper grooves on the beveled edge than any other type of sharpening stone. These deeper grooves make larger teeth on the edge of the knife. A larger tooth is naturally weaker and bends more easily. Without going into too much detail, deeper grooves result in each small tooth having less physical support, making it even weaker. You will bend even easier. No matter what you use to sharpen your blade, those little teeth will be created. You are always present. It seems to me that the diamond stone makes the teeth weaker and bends more easily. As a result, the blade will not remain sharp as long as other grinding materials are used. Additional note: because diamond stones are so quick and easy to sharpen, I still like them and will continue to use them. I can try to find another whetstone to use as a final sharpening step to give the knife a "finer" edge.

Pros
  • Two different stones: Large diamond for dull edge transforming and Small diamond for sharp edges
Cons
  • Vanishing