Steven Lim
Not recommended! Buyer beware! If I could have given this product 0 or ½ star, if I would.
How this product get 5 stars reviews I can't even begin to guess. Firstly, this "Alum Block" is not a true cut alum but one that is reconstituted from alum dust / bits / waste from the process of making true Cut Alum Blocks. This should have been stated in the product description. Secondly, whatever process the brand used, it was shoddy. I received my purchase with a good portion of the block broken and crumbled into bits, powdered. Not only did I lost about ¼ of the block, powered, (first picture, the one with the Gentleman Jon Box) the block looked like it was compressed poorly. with the core much more loosely packed than the edge. Had mine didn't break apart, I would have been able to use this block for a while until I hit that loose core in a few months or so, and the block will start to crumble. To be clear, (last picture with an actual cut alum block) a proper alum block, that I had dropped and while it chipped, it didn't crumble but smoothed out to a glass like block after some use. (I had it for over 2 years now) The Gentleman Jon's that I received, didn't even survived shipping, and now that the loose core is exposed, probably will not last too long with use. This is a very poorly and shoddily made product. I do not recommend anyone buying this. Go buy an Osma block instead.