Mono crystaline vs Poly crystaline Diamond stones?

Hi All,

What are the pros and cons of the two different types of diamond sharpeners? The Norton uses the monocrystaline diamonds. The DMT uses the poly crystaline diamonds.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Charles McKinley

Hi All,

What are the pros and cons of the two different types of diamond sharpeners? The Norton uses the monocrystaline diamonds. The DMT uses the poly crystaline diamonds.

Thanks

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As luck would have it I just read about this in Lee's Sharpening book (a must buy, if you don't already have it.)

Mono's are more expensive (he says) by about double, and last about twice as long on a stone.

Lee likes the mono much better.

Thanks Michael,

I knew I had read the differences somewhere.

Hi,
poly crystaline diamonds are Cubic Zerconiums
and Mono I think is real industrial diamonds

I works for a short time in a shop that made all kind of stuff out diamonds (wheels, mounter wheel dressers Valve seats) and I am still not sure that the mono types are