S SATC Diamond Sharpening Stone Review - Is a $20 Diamond Stone Any Good?

I review a $20 dual sided diamond sharpening stone from Amazon.
The S SATC Diamond Sharpening Stone 2 Side Grit 400/1000 Diamond Plate Honing Stone 8-inch Hone Sharpener. Is it any good? Lets find out!
Diamond Sharpening stone in video⬇️

Shapton 1000 grit ceramic (highly recommend at a great cost!)⬇️

6 micron strop emulsion ⬇️

What I used to capture close ups⬇️

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Chapters:
01:56 Why its not THAT great..Close up grit comparison
01:07 How fast will it sharpen?

[OUTDOORS]

In the video I may have incorrect stated these were polycrystalline diamond stones. On the listing, I missed that the Company states they are coated with monocrystalline diamonds. For now we’ll just assume what the company states is true. And ill report back if anything changes.

[turing]

I don't know how much work these videos are exactly, but you continue to knock it out of the park, magnified images are amazing.

[Jimmothyhalpert]

I am so happy I found your channel. Your knowledge and the zoomed in shots are so helpful. Thanks again!!!

[robbabcock_]

After watching this I picked up one of these S SATC stones/plates and I'm pretty impressed. I basically sharpen on the 400 side and deburr on the 1k which works pretty well. It's surprisingly good for twenty bucks, so much so that I just ordered another to leave in my work knife roll. Thanks!

[Greg_Chock]

Thanks for including the timing - when we watch youtubers sharpen at speed it's hard to tell how much time we should expect to spend on each knife. Thanks also for the advice on not using water on the diamond plate - lots of conflicting info on the Amazon listing.

[johnwicked]

Thank you Alex! For being a knife enthusiast myself, i have learned so much through the years watching your videos. I am an Europian (Austria) and i am proud to say that USA rocks, despite all negative thats going on. We are all one. Everyone who sees this comment: you are awesome! Keep it up!

[birddog]

I have had that same stone for about 3 years, it seems to have held up well for me. I would say the 1000 on mine is not quite 1000 but it is much closer to it than the 400 on mine.

[wam]

I just ordered one of these. I noted that the Amazon ad from S SATC stated to never use it dry and specifically said you could use water but dry it after. This video says to use it dry and never use water. Somebody's wrong. I see several commenters asking similar questions but you haven't answered anyone.

[clashwithkeen]

I just ordered one of these yesterday. I'm glad I watched this video as per manufacturer's instructions it says do not use dry.

[rAustinBall]

love your videos. got this stone and a Shapton 2000 because of your work. One thing I haven't seen you address is using some sort of lapping fluid on the diamond stones. I think it would be a good subject for a future video.

[froggy]

I use a diamond chinese stone that exact one from Amazon.. With trend lapping solution. How do you clean the particles off the stone (not using water) off the steel base metal?

[hellhound]

I just realized when I saw this video recommended again that it's literally 4 minutes and my brain went blank for a while because I remember when I was watching the amount of information that I've gotten from it made me think it was about 10-15 mins, very laconic.

[stasdimov]

i got the exact same stone and it has been serving me fantasticaly for learning and getting pretty good at sharpening, but i am now thinking of upgrading to finer grit stones aswell

[forestweston]

I have had one of these stones for a few years and it has held up very well though I probably don’t sharpen anywhere near as much as you do. This stone with a couple of good strops gives me extremely effective edges that retain sharpness well.

[thalegacy]

I use this set a few times a week sharpening our circular blades at work. I use the 400 then 800.

[sharpfactory]

I really like your videos about sharpening especially the new ones, your comparisons and close up shots are very helpful

[davidphipps]

I have always enjoyed your videos. I have just recently made the mini fire brick forge. I have 2 full size ceramic kilns I picked up for free and used the bricks from one or them. Anyway I’m in south central Pa near the md line, I thought I heard you mention Pa sometime back in your no heat little shed lol.

[jamesbarisitz]

I bit the bullet and got a 400/800 Venev diamond stone. It leaves a finish like 800/1200 but cuts way faster. It's all I use in most cases, with a green chromium dioxide strop.

[OTOss]

Cool video man. I was using some stones that are very similar from Amazon to sharpen up some knives yesterday. They look virtually identical except it's a pack of 5 stones. 400/600/800/1000/1200 I didn't expect much from them but they're much better than expected for the price (about $20). I'll apply your advice with these stones to my diamond stones. Cheers.

[hersch_tool]

I use the single sided finer grit versions of these to hone carbide lathe tools, they work well enough for that.