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I have set of five eze-lap plates from extra course to super fine.
The extra course and the course have degraded much more than the other plates.
I have sort of made this set up backwards got super fine first probably 2 years ago the set as a whole have been together for more than a year. Before eze-lap plates I used Trend extra course and a double sided Trend plate 300&1000g before that since I was a lad double sided Norton India oil stone.
I mainly use the eze-lap plates for flattening plane irons and chisels.
The extra course and course plates still do a reasonable job. You can tell by scratch pattern left by plates.
As for honing an edge I get a bit confused as I have oil stones , scary sharp films, diamond plates, Tormek grinder,Japanese water stones, and leather strops.
The eze-laps set of five is quite a chunky bit of kit on a board so really only comes out for flattening, same as the scary sharp set up a bit bulky and plus you really should use a honing guide. The Tormek only really use for re doinging primary bevels just make life easier but expensive. The Japanese water stones have to keep swapping and are messy but I will say this the edge you get is ultra sharp and hard to beat. So in the end I use Trend double sided 300-1000g or Norton India oil stone and leather strop and compound not much space used up on bench. So I am Back where I started 30 years ago.
I must admit I like the set up Mr Cosman has a Trend plate and a Shapton ceramic Glass plate 16000g I may be trying this out soon.
I must admit I like comparison when comes to different tools and sharpening I have got to find out the difference just curiosity in me. This dose have an effect on your woodworking.
So word of advice if you happy with what you got and it works stick with it and you will be much more productive.