Gorgeous oversized stones. The extra stones are a plus. Good stone holder. Beautiful kit.

Gorgeous oversized stones. The extra stones are a plus. Good stone holder. Beautiful kit.  Read Less

I have all four grits of stones now and have had a chance to use them multiple times. For background, my chisels are advertised...  Read More

I have all four grits of stones now and have had a chance to use them multiple times. For background, my chisels are advertised as having a hardness of RC58 and I use a sharpening jig. I was chopping 1-3/8 mortises on the weekend in some 6x6 spruce hitting knots and everything. These stones got a workout. Backs were flattened on all four stones. Primary bevels were honed on all four stones with the most time spent on the 1000 grit stone. Secondary bevels were honed using 1000-8000 grit stones. These stones were initially soaked for about an hour and were still releasing air. I needed to sharpen at that point so I did. It was tough to build a slurry on the 400 and 1000 grit stones. They were left in water over-night and used again the next day, they had stopped releasing bubbles at that point. The 1000 and 3000 grit stones still would dry out quickly, although the 3000 took longer to do so. I am very surprised with the 8000 grit. It is a beast.The 400 cuts quickly, but not that much faster than the 1000.The 1000 grit stone seems softer than the others, releasing new abrasive very quickly. Oddly though, it doesn't seem to cut all that quickly.The 3000 grit stone cuts relatively quickly but wears slowly. 8 or 10 strokes is all that was needed to remove the marks from the 1000 grit.The 8000 grit stone cuts unbelievably fast for an 8000 grit stone. It is softer than the 3000 grit and part of the stone seemed to load up with swarf and not release it. That said, all I needed was 5 or 6 passes to polish out the marks from the 3000.  Read Less