Whetstone POMEX Knife Sharpening Stone for Knives,2 Sided 400/1000 Grit waterstone with Rubber Non-Slip Base

I got this and the 1000/6000 grit one to get kinda' a 1 to 8k grit progression. Prob'ly only Sharpened like 3 or 4 knives on them so far but worked good. Big enough to use on kitchen knives. I wasn't able to shave with them afterwards but I think you need a finer grit for that anyway, or maybe better technique than I have lol. Easily did the paper test though, an cut tomatoes really nicely too. My one concern is the stones seem a little soft, like a lot comes off when you use it and I wonder if they'll wear down fast. Noticed it the most on the 3000 grit brown side.

My stone arrived in good shape and it works better than I expected. This is my second "budget" waterstone (I lost my last one moving to a new house) and I am much happier with this one. The size of the stone is great and it gives a good edge.

these stones are good as a starter set for someone who has nothing but I would probably stop myself from buying these if I could go back in time. no matter what steel hardness your knife is, the stones will wear uneven pretty fast. if you do not also purchase another stone for flattening then you will have a pretty bad time guaranteed. these stones are workable on most knives as long as the stones get a regular flattening. the harder steels will require more time and patience. you could also say that about the cheaper steels. the cheap steels require many more grit sizes in between to keep the chipping down and the stone cutting speed from being too much. with a very low end steel on this combination stone you will spend a lot of time on the 1000 cleaning up the damage done on the 400. on a very hard steel you will spend a lot of time because the stone is not cutting a lot of material. in fact you will notice the knife cutting the stone. I keep my stone submerged in water so if this is the reason it is falling apart then it is all my fault. my main problem with using this stone as a complete system is that the 1000 does not finish the stone as nice as a Japanese 1000 and I would also say that the grit size at 1000 on the POMEX stone is very inconsistent. you can polish and cut at the same time but you can still chip it just as well with some lower grit particles getting in. this is also one of the drawbacks of combinations stones is that they tend to cross contaminate the finish side with the lower grit from the maintenance side even if you try to wash them.

Some how I managed to buy two.. hmm.. that’s okay. They both arrived without chips or any nonsense like that. Good product. Thankx

It came in chipped out ove the box. Kind of disappointed that I didn’t even have it for 5 seconds and it was already damaged

This stone has a great combination of grits. Once a blade has been properly profiled, this dual-grit stone finishes an edge beautifully. The silicone-like holder that stretches around the stone minimizes movement as the object is being sharpened.

I am not the master with the water stones. This set is not what it is sold as. I have both a 1200 grit stone and a 6000 grit stone. The 3000 grit stone left a finish closer to the 1200 grit stone. So 3000 grit i think not. Now for the 8000 grit... Is not a better finish than the 6000 grit stone that i have. Of course the 1200 and 6000 grit stones are from Japan.Over all i would say that this is a fradulant product.please dont buy this product unless you need an 800 and 300 grit stones.However the rubber base that came with the stone was good.Thank you.

I like the size about 8". The dual grit. This is a very nice stone.