The New EZE Way Out
The company that first introduced knife buffs to diamonds charges on with three new designs.
I’m not sure who actually invented diamond surfaced sharpening products, but it was EZE-LAP in the early 1970’s that first made a big splash in the outdoor industry. Their reversible, brass handled, Model M gave many of us our initial taste of a sharpener that was the master of any steel alloy we could throw at it. Since then I’ve used a wide range of the company’s products. There has been a Model G 8-inch “butcher’s steel” in one of our kitchen cutlery blocks for 20 plus years and a second one is a permanent part of our camping gear. I almost always carry a Model 520 double-sided (250/600 grit) flat EZE-FOLD when hunting or backpacking and there is still a Model M handy in my office. Look around the pockets and pouches of my other outdoor gear and you will find even more EZE-LAP sharpeners. I’m never far from a diamond hone.
The EZE Way
While all diamond hones will easily sharpen the hardest steel, each company has its own method of bonding the abrasives to their chosen base. EZE-LAP’s patented process features high-quality industrial diamond particles imbedded on a stainless steel plate that is in turn fixed to a sharpener base. Why their process makes such a difference I do not know. What I can tell you is that it certainly makes honing a blade to a very fine edge easier than many of their competitors.
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