Works Great, if you do your part.
The Smiths Tri-Stone set is a good value in my opinion. The set arrived very quickly and was in new condition with no issues at all. I saw a review or two that said they had chipped stones on arrival. I think that may be due to rough treatment in shipping. My were in perfect condition, though.
Anyway, if you are new to sharpening by hand, be advised there is a steep learning curve. I am in the process of teaching my daughter to hand sharpen and she does get frustrated at times. Just get some old knives, watch a few You Tube or factory instruction video and keep practicing. Hand sharpening is both a learned technique and an art.
I have been hand sharpening knives and tools for over 40 yrs and still mess up once in a while. It is not the stones fault, though.
As for the stones, two are synthetic and one is a fairly fine finishing Arkansas stone. I have a nice chef knife that had a couple of heavy nicks about half way down the blade. About 30 minutes with the course and medium stones got most of the nicks out. Then about 15 minutes on the fine Arkansas stone, then about 20 passes on a strop, and the edge was back to tomatoe slicing sharpness.
The only improvement I would like to see is that both the medium and fine stones be Arkansas. Would I order theas again. Yes and if fact I am getting another set pretty quick for a Christmas present.
Great value for the money.
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