Quote Originally Posted by JimR View Post
I imagine the slurry you made with your Escher/Japanese stones was NOT Arkansas slurry, but Escher/Japanese slurry.

As I understand it, Arkansas is made of packed crystals, not fine particles in a binder matrix--so when you use a diamond plate, the particles you release will only be as small as the grit of the plate allows them to be--i.e. not very fine at all.
Yes the slurry is definately the other stones and not the arkie. It works better with softer stone donors. i.e. the very hard asagi does not leave much if anything behind.Matter of fact it feels like clash of the titans and I do not want to stress out my best stone surface. The softer Maruichi stone leaves a slurry the same color.

I know you are not a diamond nagura fan Jim, and on the arkie I am with you 100%.

Sham I realize this is not the intended use of an Arkansas stone, but that is what makes it interesting. I get a very smooth edge off translucent but much it takes some time by itself.
With slurry it is much faster and it feels like the edge of donor stone and makes me happy that I can use my Arkansas stonein a similar way as very hard Jnats are used. Try it and see.
What I like best is you can get a very fine edge this way that feels like the slurry stone.

Disburdan, the stone I am using is a "2nd" 8-2-1/2 Dan's Trans that I got for less than 50 dollars of an internet vendor. I am having Dan make me up a full size bench Translucent I like it so much. Arkies can still be had at very reasonable prices relative to other naturals that many here use.

I would love to try it with Naguras too. I have another stone I use for carving tools that I use a Norton Prep stone and it puts the Arkansas on steroids. I need and learned on very hard stones, because these tools rip up soft stones quick. I wish Stefan would try with his nagura selection to compare edge to his slurried Tomae.