BROWNELLS - NORTON PREMIUM HARD ARKANSAS STONES

Unfortunately my prior stone i.n this shape finally broke - and that took years. It’s not a shape that I use a lot but when you need this shape- you need it. Great quality, as always. I ordered as soon as I was notified that it was back in stock and I do like being able to do that. Nice stones.

I used this to smooth out the trigger pull in my 1911. I polished everything from the triggerbow to the hammerspar, and used it to cut the relief on the edge of the sear for a nice break. Great for finish polishing and moving small precise amounts of metal.

This stone is great for polishing down the sear on a trigger pull job for an M&P sear. Still takes some practice. But, does work great for smoothing down the sear.

Stone is described as 3x1x1/4 inch which would make it a rectangle but it is actually triangular. This little stone cost $37 and although packaged well, a corner of the pointed side was chipped off. Because of the poor photos (top and bottom view) it appears as a flat stone and no where is it mentioned the stone is a triangle. This shape makes the stone very fragile. Another negative, when I want to smooth parts such as the sides of 1911 hammers and sears, I have to work on an angle instead of straight up and down. Quality of the stone is excellent but If I knew the real shape of it I would have purchased the "Washita Mountain" 2x1x8" fine bench stone instead.