Spyderco Ultra Fine Benchstone Sharpening Stone - 3" x 8" Ceramic Stone, Professional Grade, with Suede Carrying Case - Model 306UF, White

Ready right out of the box. Great stone for polishing and deburring, if you don't have a 3000 grit bonded stone or water stone

This is an excellent stone that fits perfectly between the finest diamond stones and the very very fine preparations that are used with strops. The large surface area makes them last longer between cleaning than crock sticks, although they seem to have similar fineness. For most, this is probably as fine as they will want to go, the "tooth" that is left at the end of slow and careful use of this stone is perfect for skinning. If you want to go finer, you will have to get a strop and polishing compound.

I sharpen knives every day. It’s not my profession, I do it as a hobby for myself, family and friends. This has become one of my most used finishing stones. Depending on what type of knife I’m sharpening I’ll use it before moving to 3K+ stones. I’ve sharpened anything from $1 store knife to maxamet. Spyderco, Chris Reeve, ZT, microtech, Custom knife factory, Shun kitchen knives to name a few. It works great with any shape or steel.I prefer to spray a light coating of diamond emulsion and work it into the stone. I never have to flatten this stone and it doesn’t get loaded like diamond resin stones.

I really, really, really like the diamond and ceramic plate sharpening stones versus the old oil stones. I guess maybe I never got the hang of using the oil stones; friends of mine can get extremely sharp edges using the oil stones while I can't seem to. Anyway...I went with the DMT diamond stone kit...and found the Ultra fine diamond stone to be not as fine as I would have liked it to have been. I already owned a small pocket sized Spyderco sharpening ceramic and used it with my diamond plates to get the sharp mirror finish I was looking for. Finally decided to get this 3" x 8" stone.The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5??? The ceramic stone is not as flat as I thought it would/should be. There are "high" ridges on both side of the stone. I would have expected these ridges to be on one side but not both. The "grinding" marks made by the manufacturing process really "stick out" with use making it easy to see the high and low spots.With all that said...I still get a sharp polished edge on my knifes and such. Overall I am pleased with my purchase. Maybe its just my OCD kicking it but...the product rates a 4 star from me!

VERY NICE FINISHING STONE. polishing stone.

This set is a key part of my sharpening kit made up of four items:- DMT D8C 8-Inch Dia-Sharp- Spyderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker- Spyderco Ultra Fine Benchstone- KnivesPlus Strop BlockSince I have started using this, all my knives have turned into razor-sharp instruments of cutting and slashing!This bench stone is smooth. It puts the finishing touches on your blade to give it a keen edge and a nice polish. Only the weight of the knife is needed when you slide across it. Super!

I bought the Spyderco Ultra-Fine stone because I was not happy at all with the DMT Extra Extra Fine Continuous Diamond Stone.WOW! The Spyderco Ultra-Fine bench stone is absolutely superb in putting the that(or next to last) honing touch on a plane blade or chisel. Once you use the Spyderco, the edge on whatever bad boy you used it on will be so sharp, you can split atoms -- so sharp, in fact, that a mere picture of the blade will draw blood.If you are looking to get into sharpening without the hassle of waterstones, this is the one to get.This stone is worth every penny.

The stone works well for sharpening my woodworking tools. It cuts very quickly.My other hones are 2 X 6 inch diamond hones, and they are a bit small when I sharpen my largest plane iron, which is a hair over 2 inches wide. This stone is large enough to sharpen my largest plane iron with no problems.Some people on the badger and blade forum (where they use it to sharpen straight razors) have complained that the hone is not flat enough and that you can see the milling marks on the hone. I can, indeed, see the milling marks on the hone, but for my woodworking tools it seems to be flat enough to work well. If you are thinking of using it for straight razors, you might want to do a little research on that controversy.The stone fits very tightly in the leather pouch, which makes it difficult to store and remove. I am sure that the leather will stretch out with use and ultimately it will be fine.

PRO-alta qualità globale garantita da una delle migliori aziende-ottimo formato soprattutto per rasoi a mano libera.-bellissima custodia in pelle-si usura pochissimo-può essere usata a secco o con poche gocce d'acqua (senza immersione), a secco funziona già benissimo.CONTRO-molto cara-un pò sottileHo già da diversi anni la "sorella", la 302uf che mi ha dato grandi soddisfazioni su coltelli e rasoi ma per i rasoi a mano libera il taglio più largo, di questa 306uf è ottimo.Foto comparative tra le due.La pietra richiede pochissima manutenzione, quasi non si "conca" e per pulirla basta una vigorosa spugnettata abrasiva con un pulitore in polvere "VIM".La grana è realmente ultrafine, queste pietre sono spesso più fini di altre marchiate 8000.Raccomando di maneggiarle con estrema cura, come tutte le pietre sono molto fragili, in caso di caduta si spezzano.

Great stone mine was flat and not warped nor were there any problems with the surface. Great to practice sharpening on and i got my kitchen knives shaving sharpUpdate it was slightly not flat but not to worry about really

Excelente muy dura acabados muy pulidos y afilados

Used some Christmas money to buy this stone. Sticker shock kept me at bay for ever.So glad to have it now. Get your knife as sharp as you can then use this to take it to the next level.I'm talking hair popping, mirror polished edge.Worth saving up for.

I received it beautiful... Tnx Spyderco