Diamond plates cut faster than water stones and never need flattening - they stay flat because they are flat, bonded to a rigid base rather than abraded into shape over time. The CKTG diamond plates use nickel-bonded diamond abrasive on a steel plate, sized for both direct knife sharpening and stone flattening. They are a significant step up in cutting speed from silicon carbide flattening stones and cost a fraction of the Atoma. The honest tradeoff: slightly more stiction on stones than the Atoma dot-matrix design, and a less even scratch pattern on knife edges - but for general flattening and repair work at this price, they are outstanding value.
The combination plate gives you both grits in one piece - the 400-grit side for regular maintenance flattening and moderate stock removal, and the 1,000-grit side for light flattening of fine stones and direct edge work on harder steels. Flip the plate to switch grits. For sharpeners who want to cover flattening duties without buying multiple separate plates, the combination plate is the practical choice. The 400 side handles the bulk of flattening work on stones up through 2K-3K; the 1K side is appropriate for lapping higher-grit finishing stones where a 400-grit scratch pattern would be too coarse. Both grits are on a single rigid base for stability during use.
What Customers Are Saying: Fourteen reviewers confirm it works well for flattening and edge repair at outstanding value. Described as a workhorse plate that holds up through sustained use. Several reviewers note they own multiple CKTG plates alongside premium Atoma plates and find the CKTG combination more than sufficient for routine flattening duties.
Care Instructions: Rinse under water after use to clear swarf. Store dry. The diamond surface will wear over time with heavy use - this is normal.
The combination plate gives you both grits in one piece - the 400-grit side for regular maintenance flattening and moderate stock removal, and the 1,000-grit side for light flattening of fine stones and direct edge work on harder steels. Flip the plate to switch grits. For sharpeners who want to cover flattening duties without buying multiple separate plates, the combination plate is the practical choice. The 400 side handles the bulk of flattening work on stones up through 2K-3K; the 1K side is appropriate for lapping higher-grit finishing stones where a 400-grit scratch pattern would be too coarse. Both grits are on a single rigid base for stability during use.
What Customers Are Saying: Fourteen reviewers confirm it works well for flattening and edge repair at outstanding value. Described as a workhorse plate that holds up through sustained use. Several reviewers note they own multiple CKTG plates alongside premium Atoma plates and find the CKTG combination more than sufficient for routine flattening duties.
Care Instructions: Rinse under water after use to clear swarf. Store dry. The diamond surface will wear over time with heavy use - this is normal.
- Brand: CKTG
- Grits: 400 / 1,000
- Use: Stone flattening and direct sharpening
- Size: 3" x 8"
Reviews
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Great affordable option to the higher priced plates Works terrific!Posted By: Adam Albina - verified customer
14 people found this review helpful
I have used the 1000 side to lap waterstones for straight razors and both sides to sharpen kitchen knives. Fast cutter - works very well on hardened kitchen knives. Great price! Had it for about a year and still going strong.
14 people found this review helpful
I have used the 1000 side to lap waterstones for straight razors and both sides to sharpen kitchen knives. Fast cutter - works very well on hardened kitchen knives. Great price! Had it for about a year and still going strong.
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE KITPosted By: Andrew Neil Loeffler
11 people found this review helpful
An invaluable tool for shaping angles and starting to sharpen very dull edges.
$34.95, a fair price to add this to your sharpening toolkit.
Strongly reccommend using an oil and not water on this, it's very prone to corrosion
11 people found this review helpful
An invaluable tool for shaping angles and starting to sharpen very dull edges.
$34.95, a fair price to add this to your sharpening toolkit.
Strongly reccommend using an oil and not water on this, it's very prone to corrosion
An Outstanding Value.Posted By: Dave H. - verified customer
17 people found this review helpful
This day and age there are not many items one can say are an outstanding Value, This Diamond plate IS the Value for sharpening and keeping your hone stones Flat, I was wondering why it was taking so long to sharpen a straight razor? well my stones were a little dished out through the center so I was only sharpening on the edges of the stone , The Diamond plate changed all that, The Plate Can make a Huge difference in your sharpening too. I am going to buy several more.
17 people found this review helpful
This day and age there are not many items one can say are an outstanding Value, This Diamond plate IS the Value for sharpening and keeping your hone stones Flat, I was wondering why it was taking so long to sharpen a straight razor? well my stones were a little dished out through the center so I was only sharpening on the edges of the stone , The Diamond plate changed all that, The Plate Can make a Huge difference in your sharpening too. I am going to buy several more.
CKTG 400 / 1000 Diamond PlatePosted By: blues - verified customer
19 people found this review helpful
Nice diamond plate. My version seems quite flat. Much more aggressive, at least early on, than the grit rating would seem to indicate. Even the 1000 grit side was pretty coarse on the first couple of knives it was used for. Hopefully it will smooth out or will be used only to flatten water stones.
19 people found this review helpful
Nice diamond plate. My version seems quite flat. Much more aggressive, at least early on, than the grit rating would seem to indicate. Even the 1000 grit side was pretty coarse on the first couple of knives it was used for. Hopefully it will smooth out or will be used only to flatten water stones.
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22 people found this review helpful
Seems flat to me,but I do not have a granite inspection plate to check it with. It works very good to flatten all my water stones. But then I tried to flatten a norton india oil stone. Even after trying many ways to clean the oil out of the stone, ( that did not work). I think the oil stone damaged the diamond plate some. Guy's I would not try to flatten a oil stone with a diamond plate. I finally got it flat by lapping it with silicon carbide grit on a flat iron plate. Latter a guy on youtube said india stones are oiled when made and can never be de-oiled, I agree. Good plate for the money, got it quick to. I am gong to order the 140.
22 people found this review helpful
Seems flat to me,but I do not have a granite inspection plate to check it with. It works very good to flatten all my water stones. But then I tried to flatten a norton india oil stone. Even after trying many ways to clean the oil out of the stone, ( that did not work). I think the oil stone damaged the diamond plate some. Guy's I would not try to flatten a oil stone with a diamond plate. I finally got it flat by lapping it with silicon carbide grit on a flat iron plate. Latter a guy on youtube said india stones are oiled when made and can never be de-oiled, I agree. Good plate for the money, got it quick to. I am gong to order the 140.
Works but the long term jury is still out.Posted By: Howard E Constable - verified customer
10 people found this review helpful
I got this to lap a dished waterstone. It did a good job, but it looks like the stone may have worn away some of the 400 grit plate. We will have to see how it behaves in a year, for final judgement.On knives, both sides of the plate cut quickly, but the feedback seemed inconsistent. That could be me, though. I confess that I'm not a big fan of diamond plates for sharpening. Nevertheless, on a damaged, or very dull blade this would be a great starting point.
10 people found this review helpful
I got this to lap a dished waterstone. It did a good job, but it looks like the stone may have worn away some of the 400 grit plate. We will have to see how it behaves in a year, for final judgement.On knives, both sides of the plate cut quickly, but the feedback seemed inconsistent. That could be me, though. I confess that I'm not a big fan of diamond plates for sharpening. Nevertheless, on a damaged, or very dull blade this would be a great starting point.
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Just okPosted By: Jeff Tonarelli - verified customer
16 people found this review helpful
I got this because my old diamond plate was really starting to rust in spots. I got a cheap one and wanted to spend a bit more hoping to get better quality. I use these to lap my whetstones.
After two uses is this plate, I'm noticing quite a bit of rust on both sides of the plate. I wash off all slurry and let it drip dry vertically. I contacted CKTG, hoping they could make it right for me. Mark was quick to respond to my inquiry. I was told basically this issue is very common and won't affect performance. But I dont like rust particles flaking off into my razor hones...It looks like I'm stuck with another rusting diamond plate.
Anyway both the 400 and 1000 sides have multiple high spots that need to be knocked down if you're using this to lap whetstones. Iit does seem to lap stones well enough.
Next time I'll spend good money for a DMT or Atoma. Hopefully neither of those will rust on me.
16 people found this review helpful
I got this because my old diamond plate was really starting to rust in spots. I got a cheap one and wanted to spend a bit more hoping to get better quality. I use these to lap my whetstones.
After two uses is this plate, I'm noticing quite a bit of rust on both sides of the plate. I wash off all slurry and let it drip dry vertically. I contacted CKTG, hoping they could make it right for me. Mark was quick to respond to my inquiry. I was told basically this issue is very common and won't affect performance. But I dont like rust particles flaking off into my razor hones...It looks like I'm stuck with another rusting diamond plate.
Anyway both the 400 and 1000 sides have multiple high spots that need to be knocked down if you're using this to lap whetstones. Iit does seem to lap stones well enough.
Next time I'll spend good money for a DMT or Atoma. Hopefully neither of those will rust on me.
