I bought a Norton 1K/4K waterstone to use for sharpening my
chisels.. Gosh amighty those things are SOFT...I have had to
plane the thing down twice already...THink I will stick with the
Japanese stones...Tho the nifty plastic case with feet, that holds
enought water to keep the stone wet is nice. However I do not
think I will ever buy another....YMMV

jim Ice Bear and Suehiro FOREVER in GOld Bar