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Hey folks. I have a king 1000, a norton 4000/8000 and a couple barber hones. An antique shop by me has a brand new never used arkansas stone (not black or tanslucent at all ...just rock colored)
i habe t been able to figure out what grit these stones run at. Any ideas?
the stone is 33 bucks and comes in a nice wooden box
thx
tim
If it is not surgical black or translucent I would not bother as you already have your synthetics in. Unless you have money to spend or you want to have all in natural.
I concur with "adrspach". You have everything arks can cover except what a well broken in translucent or surgical could do. Also nobody could tell you what grit they would be approximately with out at least knowing what type it is and some pictures but mostly its still up to guesses with out it in hand.
Even with pictures with natural you can only get what would be expected level of grit. You are more likely to get answer of "Finisher" or "Medium" etc. type.
Thanks guys. I searched the forum again and found all types of answers to this same question....im not sure what i typed the first time to get few answers....probably ipad autocorect
I will try and take a pic next time imget to the antique store.
Tim
For 33 you find a translucent, and used with oil, you may like it .
If it just looks like a rock...Neither Black, Nor Translucent...then it's most likely either a Soft Arkansas, or a normal Hard Arkansas. Soft Arkansas is very common and around 600 grit. It cuts slow, but leaves a smoother finsh than 600 grit sandpaper would. A Soft Arkansas would have to be huge to be worth $33. Hard Arkansas is less common than Soft is, is more like 800 grit, cuts even slower, but leaves a smoother finish. Arkansas stones both cut and polish simultaneously. A large Hard Arkansas is worth $33. By large I mean 8" x 2" x 1".