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  2. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    Diamond stones are typically coarser than other sharpeners, and are used for the initial stages of knife sharpening. For a knife that has been previously sharpened, this initial diamond stone stage can often be skipped and the re-sharpening begun with a ceramic stone. Over time diamond stones will wear out and need to be replaced.

  3. Knife sharpening - Wikipedia

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    Coarse diamond sharpening stones can be used for flattening waterstones. [8] [9]) Alternatively, tungsten carbide blades can be used in knife sharpening. A clamp-on knife sharpener. The rod guides the sharpening stone to maintain a consistent angle. The angle can be adjusted by moving the guide posts up or down. This sharpener uses a diamond ...

  4. Abrasive - Wikipedia

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    Diamond powder paste. Abrasives may be classified as either natural or synthetic. When discussing sharpening stones, natural stones have long been considered superior but advances in material technology are seeing this distinction become less distinct. Many synthetic abrasives are effectively identical to a natural mineral, differing only in ...

  5. Tumbler knife sharpener review, after weeks of testing - AOL

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    Tumbler Knife Sharpener $129.00 at Amazon. Tumbler Knife Sharpener $98.00 at Tumbler. The Tumbler knife sharpener ($129) is a manual knife sharpener with two components: a two-sided rolling disc ...

  6. Forget bling, De Beers has found a surprising use for lab ...

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    It also comes at a time when the diamond business has suffered for years due to macroeconomic uncertainties following the pandemic and waning interest in the natural stone amid growing love for ...

  7. Jewellery cleaning - Wikipedia

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    Keeping your jewelry clean gives the gemstone(s) a good shiny appearance by removing dirt and grease (among others) from loosening them. Dirty jewelry may also cause skin irritation. [1] A professional cleaning may take anywhere from a few minutes to a few days depending on the circumstances.

  8. Honing steel - Wikipedia

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    A honing steel on a cutting board Common steel for use in households SEM images of the cross-section of a blade before (dull) and after (sharp) honing with a smooth rod [1]. A honing steel, sometimes referred to as a sharpening steel, whet steel, sharpening stick, sharpening rod, butcher's steel, and chef's steel, is a rod of steel, ceramic or diamond-coated steel used to restore keenness to ...

  9. Diamond clarity - Wikipedia

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    After thoroughly cleaning the diamond, the diamond is picked up using tweezers in a girdle-to-girdle hold. The grader views the diamond for the first time through the table, studying the culet area of the stone for inclusions. The diamond is then set down and picked up with the tweezers in a table-to-culet hold.