Good stone set, flat or very tight with sharp/smooth corners. They cut well and clean well, the price is right, a great set for many uses. I wish I could find a multi-faceted set of this Alox or something similar with a smaller grit - like the "Ruby" sets now on Amazon, but coarser, maybe a little cheaper and lower quality than the Spyderco set. They were packaged in a foam insert and box but that's not very good protection - none of mine broke but I could easily see it in transit unless they change the packaging method. I will buy more of these when I wear them, maybe buy a set of the thinner 1/8" ones too.