Dan's Whetstone Company Inc. Genuine Arkansas Hard (Fine) Slip Stone Sharpening Stone for Sharpening Carving Tools 4" x 1 5/8" with 1/8" and 5/16" Radius Fas-14-P

Great for sharpening small curved carving knives

I use to touch up my carving tools .....very nice piece.

I thought it was a little small, but it is a good sharpening stone.

I would have given this a better review if it came with some kind of instructions. I have never used a whetting stone before and had to go to YouTube to see how it works. I heard it was a good way to sharpen your knives so wanted to try it out. As to the sturdiness, after trying it out, I think if I purchased one in some type of box, that I noticed others came in, it would have been a little sturdier to use. But for my first time, this served the purpose, and it did the job.

I have a LOT of High End ,& some Custom Knives, the ones with sartated cutting edges require a special shape of stone (Yes a round type will work) but all of those are diamond hones and I need the "Arkansas" (I have the Black one for surgical Sharp tooling) this is what I use before the black one. Perfect shape to cover all my curved needs and soft enough for the standard steels . Any steel that fills the 58 to 64 RH will need a diamond hone. Thanks Amazon for best friend of this Bladrsmith