Minecraft Tutorial: Crafting Weapons & Tools

Yes, a diamond pick goes through something like 1,500 blocks (can't be bothered to look it up). And stone tools are really slow, but they are still useful ^^; If you have a lot of iron, you should make some iron ones. And diamond tools are fantastic. Once you use one, you won't want to go back XD They are so much faster and last so much longer.

also, Pickaxe - Minecraft Wiki

I already know all the crafting recipes but Its nice that you would put up a tutorial on this forum even though there is one on minecraft wiki :p