Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Ive been a Mate and a Sea Captain for years. Although the knives on the boat are not always the greatest they are kept sharp. I received some new knives for my kitchen and wanted to upgrade the way Ive been keeping an edge on them. I thought this would fine tune them. I watched the video and unboxed the stone. (The box was damaged when I opened the amazon bag that was perfect. Damage was prior to bagging.) The stone was fine but the guide was missing. Not a deal breaker though. I took my 9" Henkel that was very sharp but wanted to polish it. After soaking the stone for more than 20 minutes I began to attempt to sharpen. The fine side of this stone was rated 6000. It seemed like soap. The stone quickly wore down and my blade would dig into the stone if I turned my edge. The stone became pastelike. (Unlike the paste I've developed on oil or other water stones.) I really wanted to like this due to the overwhelming reviews so I cleaned the stone and walked away. Two days later I just now attempted to sharpen the same knife. Ive been attempting to rotate the stone not to wear down one spot and still the stone is almost mushy. The blade has become noticeably duller. My father sharpens his pocket knife on the bottom of his ceramic tea cup and keeps a razor sharp edge said the stones are garbage. This was not a post to bash the seller because I really wanted the stone to work and for the life of me I can't understand all the positive reviews unless the products are different. Good Luck with your purchase. Feeling guilty I attempted to sharpen a different knife. I found I had the same results and the stone needs to be resurfaced its total worn after two knives. Both knives need to be resharpened. Very disappointed