Review on 🔪 Dual Grit Sharpening Stone by SE by Tim Hull

I have a sharpening stone I bought from the Dollar Store over a decade ago and it works great so I wanted another one just like it and this one seemed to fit the bill. Unfortunately it isn't. In fact, it is a water stone. Its constant use wears down the surface, leaving dirt or dirty oil that needs to be wiped off and the oil or water replaced. Chaotic. My dollar stone hasn't worn out like this one in a decade when I first started using it. I don't like waterstones, especially on coarse grit work, because they get dirty, wear out and need frequent leveling. They have their place, but rough sharpening is not the same. When using oil proved too messy I switched to water and found that this stone soaks up water like a sponge. It swells as you do this, so you'll need to saturate it completely to keep it even. I ended up using this stone to scrape a thick rust surface off an old ax I was restoring and it worked well enough for that. . I wish I could take a picture of the amount of dirt he left behind. Most of the time it wasn't rust, it was dirt. When some of the dirt dried, it turned into a yellowish-brown powder, just like dried clay. I suspect this stone is just clay with oxide particles mixed in, which is why it breaks apart so easily.