Havent use this smooth beautiful stone yet but def looks good! Cant wait to use it!!

I always recommend getting these holsters--they easily clip on the waistband of virtually any pair of pants and keep your Felcos handy and clean. Paul offers a fantastic price and personal customer service. Anything I can buy from Paul's Finest, I do. And no duties or other "crossing the border" issues. I have an older one of these I have had for 25 years and it performs as well as the day I got it--heavy duty leather.

Exactly as advertised. Yes sharp! Very sharp! If you are not used to working with exceptional knives then be very very careful as you orient and get used to your instrument. These are not your good knife, this is an exceptional knife and will treat you well with care. Very pleased with my purchase. Good length for average sized hands.

I put this in a cookie sheet with a bit of water to contain the slurry mess and make splashing the stones easier. Stones are held firmly and the grippy feet makes it stable in the water. Cookie sheet slides but that was a minor irritant easily solved.

I bought this rod in the same order as a set of super-stones. I used the stones immediately on all my knives and since then (1 month), I’ve only used the ceramic rod. It keeps a very fine edge on my knives (along with my steel hone). This rod has eliminated my worry about the longevity of my stones!

I was surprised and pleased by the amount of bite this hone has. This enables it to keep my knives sharp without having to resort to the longer stone sharpening process.

For the price, I didn’t even consider not getting this. It literally acts like an eraser for the metal residue that builds up on the rod. I rinse under water while erasing. Seems to work better than using it dry. Cleans the rod very well.

The first thing I noticed about these stones is that they all feel really fine to the touch. I was very surprised then at how hard the 400 grit stone bit into steel. I watched The video Paul has on the website for how to best use these stones and then I went to work. Very happy with my experience. I sharpened every knife in the house and my only disappointment is that I haven’t had to do it again. My knives are sharp. My son spent 10 minutes slicing paper into ribbons. Gratifying experience.

I watched that video on the website on how to use the stones. It was very helpful.

One word of caution is that the 5000 grit stone is very soft. I managed to gouge it on a couple of my return strokes. Very light to non-existent pressure is advisable. On the bright side, the lapping stone helped erase the damage!

This stone is similar in size to the naniwa super-stones that I bought, so I’m sure it will do a good job keeping them flat. So far, so good.

This is the best all round bread knife i have owned or used. I also own a wusthof 8” which is an excellent knife but a bit short for lager bread loaves. I have a variety of other less expensive bread knives but they are too short or do not hold an edge or do not cut as cleanly. This Wusthof knife isvery sharp and holds the edge for years. It cuts bread and other loaves very clean and can handle the largest loaves. I just bought another as a gift.

Extremely silky smooth with great feedback, minimal build up, my missing link between chosera 800 and 3000

Felco are wonderful pruners. Classic really. Delivered by Paul’s Finest quicker than quoted.