Actually, this morning I was talking about going back and checking an outcropping that we saw to the East of where we stopped and she said "I'll go with you"
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She's a keeper!
Just after the last post, I tried honing the W&B near wedge again (with some tape this time) and got it sharp enough to shave quite fast.
New natural stone I'm trying out - found this near a glacial lake and decided to give it a try. Looks like a sort of layered sedimentary type of stone, and it slurries up pretty quick with an Atoma 400. The slurry seems to break down like a JNat.
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that's a big slab of rock. Any idea where it might sit in a honing progression. Bevel, mid, or finish.
Definitely mid to finisher.
Dang....looks promising...I want a slab LOL.
Haha, don't get too excited yet - not sure how well it will work until I give it a little more in-depth testing. I have lugged a few of the stones home though; if they work good I may send a couple out for people to try passing around and testing too.
OK, check this ish out! Tried slurry on water and plain water and it cuts at a fairly decent speed on the slurry for the fineness of the stone, but doesn't finish at its best on water. So I tried switching to oil and holy moly!
This thing puts on a sweet finish with the same method as my black translucent Arkansas, except it's an even better finish (and only lapped with an Atoma 400! no crazy steel rub-a-thon necessary) and seems to cut even faster also. Honed up a razor tonight but won't have enough growth to shave until tomorrow as I just shaved last night. The stone reminds me a lot of the black trans Ark as far as feel and finishing procedure. I am really happy with this thing so far! Now just got to see how it shaves.
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Was that made in Nigeria? There is no black translucent ark. Is that a Dewalt?
Uh, there sure is such a thing as a black translucent. Mine is black (dark grey - they call it black) and will pass light for a bit of distance - not through the stone but around 1/4" or so. And yes that is a mirror image of a DeWalt.