Thread: Hard Arkansas

How is that working for you? Also do you prefer a Crisp edge or a soft buttery edge?

so far no problems with it.I finish on a mudstone that leaves a very keen edge for me.ymmv with various naturals of course .

starting next week I'll begin testing these 6x2x1 size arks on a different razor.from the left is a soft then hard finishing with the ultra-fine black.looking foreword to beginning .

Great I look forward to hearing how they turn out

Originally Posted by john3126

Would a washita make a good bevel setter?

I have had good luck with them in a cycle of oilstones where they are the coarsest and the next to coarsest (the first stone agitated with a diamond hone and the second allowed to settle and never scuffed).

No intentional slurry on them, as nick says, they are harsh on an edge with slurry. What stays in place on the surface of the stone will do plenty of cutting. A diamond hone is needed to keep them cutting fast, though.

If they microchip beyond any other coarse stone, though, I haven't really been able to tell. They are fast when they are fresh, faster than a 1k stone.

If you can't dedicate a diamond hone to an oily surface, though, I'd just get a waterstone. Especially if you're not going to try to be a razor reseller.

here's a nice older hone of mine. 15/16's tall by 6 inches by 2 wide. Cuts slow and does not lose particles at all.leaves a clean chip free semi polished edge .salute .

Originally Posted by Blistersteel

here's a nice older hone of mine. 15/16's tall by 6 inches by 2 wide. Cuts slow and does not lose particles at all.leaves a clean chip free semi polished edge .salute .

Can you take a picture of the lapped side with out oil or water. This is an unusual looking (to me at least) arkie.

Here's a decent pic .

#2 pic hmmmmm

another side on pic.opposite side..