🔪 Dual Grit Sharpening Stone by SE Review

I'm by no means a sanding expert but they work well. Good sharpening consumables are prohibitively expensive, so I decided to give it a try. I use mine with soapy water and smooth them out with a cheap diamond stone. However, they do wear out quickly (faster than an old stone I found in a tool shed years ago), possibly something in an inferior bond. If you don't have a diamond leveling stone (all you need is a cheap stone to keep it flat) you will start to wear down the center and it won't be…

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…

This is a great sharpening stone. I needed this to polish my katana and it worked great. I also use it to sharpen kitchen knives and santoku knives. Not a very hard stone but rather soft and thin which lends itself well to honing. The two sides of the grain will show wobble in the middle, causing different grains to mix. Since it's in the middle it doesn't matter, but this is the first time I've seen it. I have a different combo stone but it is much harder, rougher and has a perfectly aligned…