Ron is awesome! I recently ordered some sharpening stones,and one arrived cracked in half. I never opened it,and quickly sent KME an e-mail,asking what to do. Ron quickly sent me an e-mail,said he was out for weekend,and he would e-mail me Monday. I figured,"Here we go,game on.." Well,by Monday evening he really did e-mail me! He sent another replacement stone,no questions. All I can say is I am a customer for life! Now,any one need a two piece coarse stone..still in package,lemme know. The stone was about 6"x2"..free to good home!