Trend 3-Inch Double-Sided Diamond Sharpening Stone, 300 & 600 Grit, Credit Card Sized Honing Stone with Storage Wallet, DWS/CC/FC

This has been a quality stone. If you are like me, It is difficult to decide what type of sharpening setup you are going to use with hand tools if you are just getting into it with little to know knowledge to pull from. The diamond system is what I landed on. So I can't compare to Arkansas stones/whetstones at the moment. I can say I find these very useful when sharpening chisels in particular. I don't love sharpening my plane irons on them, but I do. The stone is not wide enough to work the plane irons straight on, so I have to skew my blade to hone wider plane irons. For the record I am a hobbyist woodworker for sure, no expert here, I'm just here sharing my experience. The diamond stone could be considered "expensive" so it kind of stink to have to buy it, but if you are using hand tools, having a way to sharpen your tools should be placed as a higher priority than the tool itself. A dull blade is just plane not safe to use, and it doesn't work the way it should, which will make you stop working with hand tools all together. I would buy this again, and I would recommend it to a friend. Just know you will have to work a little harder to sharpen your plane irons. I use the 300 / 1000 combo and finish with a leather strop. Probably not the sharpest tool, but that gets the job done for me.

With this and a sharpening guide, I finally got may smoothing plane iron back to flat and nice and sharp. I got the 3” wide one so my widest blade could be run straight up and down with extra room. much nicer experience than the thin whetstone I was using . This thing is solid. I also got their special blue liquid, it helps. Much more pleasant to plane wood and not have to fight clogs every few strokes. Beyond that.. the shaving are great!

Quality sharpening stone works great if you use it correctly

I used other so called blade sharpeners with quite unsatisfactory results.

When my package arrived I noticed it was featherlight - not expected for a fairly heavy sharpening stone. Being very suspecious I filmed myself opening the package - to find ONLY the box the product should have been in(see the photo with the angular slit in it where I cut the package open). Note the product box is pretty banged up and broken open on the long seam. The STRANGEST part is that the package (Amazon bubble mailer) was completely sealed on all sides yet showed a mailing weight on the lable of 2.7 lbs! I tried to "return" the item but there was no option for this "empty box" situation so I got on the Help Bot and it understood my delemna and within minutes, a "replacement" stone was on its way to me. When the second package arrived on my front porch I picked it up and felt the expected weight this time but as I continued to pick it up the box, the product started to slide of bubble wrap package as one of the seals was failing. I also noted that manufacturer-supplied box looked a little beaten up and was open along the long side of the box (almost lost this one too) but all the materials were still in the box. Lesson learned... Amazon, please ship these in cardboard boxes, NOT bubble wrap (and the mfr could do better on their packaging as well). So, does it work? I purchased this to shapen my wood planes and chisels. I have only had a chance to sharpen 2 planes but they came out quite nicely. This item seems to provide quicker results than an oil stone so use caution for delicate items as it removes material quickly. It comes with "just an ok" protective cover bag (loose threads, poor sewing lines) but I won't likely use it anyway. So far, so good - more sharpeining coming. Now I need to go ensure I wasn't charged twice for this item :)

this stone with some Windex keeps every bit and knife on my shaper/planter/jointer in top cutting condition, excellent quality for the price and the 600 grit is perfect for putting a nice sharp edge on the cutters.

I really like this "stone". The 300 side makes quick work if you have a tool that is a little off angle. The 1000 side provides a nice initial polish that I enhance with finer grit stones. The 300 side doubles as a flattning plate for my other stones as well.

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