Very good stone. Very hard and extremely fine, but it should be noted that it is almost unusable until dressed. My fine hone gave a better polish than this one until I smoothed its surface. It took me nearly three hours worth of scrubbing it on a concrete block, then finishing it with a silicon carbide stone.

The good news is that it works phenomenally once it is dressed, and you'll only have to do it once.

Same story with the ceramic stone, but it doesn't take as long to dress.

Got so excited when i received the hone that i wrecked a knife :-(.

Redressing it is half completed atm. Results are encouraging

Cheers

I've bought this hone not in my city, but in a distant one. When I came home, I've discovered that it has several embossments(lugs) on the surface. When sharpening you feel the snatching of the stone. I wrote about this to the LANSKY team here through the "contact" menu. But I've got no answer. So be careful while choosing the hone.