Can someone in the US do me a favour ;)

[gidon]

I'm after one of these:
The D8EE Extra Extra fine DMT stone here.
I can't find them in the UK and the price is the US is great!
I would of course reimburse all your costs ++.
Please drop me a PM if it's a possibility.
Many thanks
Gidon

 

[Chris Knight]

This http://tinyurl.com/2q5pls goes direct to the stones.

They sound great!

 

[Paul Chapman]

If you get one, Gidon, let's know what you think of it - been thinking of one myself.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[ep]

I have bought DMT stones from this US/Canada Ebay seller in the past - and they gave me good service.

ebay link

However at $50 the shipping is a bit expensive

Emyr

 

[ep]

Sorry - I seem to have been caught up in the new poster spamtrap!

Look up toolsforu13 as a seller on Ebay

I have no affiliation to this company, other than having been a customer in the past

Emyr

 

[gidon]

Thanks Chris - the direct link wouldn't work - didn't think of your trick .
I can't resist giving this a try - I'm guessing it's going to be a lot coarser than 3u to start off with but will see. Paul will happily let you know how I get on.
Thanks Emyr - I think I'm sorted but I'm going to bookmark that seller.
Cheers
Gidon

 

[DaveL]

Hi Emyr,

Welcome to the forum.

Yes you have been caught by our spam trap, this will stop once you have another post.

Here is your link:
ebay link

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi Emyr

Welcome to the forum.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[andy king]

Definitely a great price there Gidon!
In the UK, Chesterman are bringing them in - (www.chestermanmarketing.com tel:01785 250341) but they are charging about £100 iirc.
I've looked at one recently, and they really do polish very finely, I couldn't determine which side had the diamonds on initially!
Much as I like the stone, I'm not a fanatic of polishing down to ultra fine grits, my old faithful Trend doublesided diamond stone gets edges keen enough for pretty well most stuff I have to deal with in woodwork, but its useful if you do need a tweak. To be honest, I prefer to give edges a quick strop on a piece of leather and honing compound bonded to a board if I want a tad more than the Trend can give.

Andy

 

[White House Workshop]

Alternative source?
http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=diamond&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

 

[gidon]

Sorry missed these last two posts .

Thanks Andy - I'm curious more than anything! I already have a variety of ways of polishing my final edge - but this would have to be the easiest if you're using a honing jig. I mostly use some 3m 0.5 micron microfilm stuck to my fine diamond stone with surface tension which works a treat. I use a leather strop too - both give me a razer sharp edge. But I don't trust the edge off the strop quite as much - since I think it's impossible to avoid some rounding over. But if you're doing things freehand then the strop is a good way to go and it's certainly cheap .

WWW - couldn't see these extra extra fine stones on Rockler? Anyhow order is in now but thanks.

Cheers

Gidon