Thread: Hard Arkansas

That white spot being the light reflecting.

Heres a better picture of my surgical black.

Hard to see.

Here is the NW trans stone

Definately not as smooth as my arkansas surgical black. And for reference, this website seems intent upon turning every picture i upload upside down, so the black strip across the top of that picture is the side of my stone, and the text being the reflection of the surface.

Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER

Definately not as smooth as my arkansas surgical black. And for reference, this website seems intent upon turning every picture i upload upside down, so the black strip across the top of that picture is the side of my stone, and the text being the reflection of the surface.

Oh OK, you're right, you have the better hone. Better than me as I can't tell how smooth a stone would be by just a picture.

Originally Posted by Wid

Hard to see.

Here is the NW trans stone

To my eyes this looks like a really fine stone.

Originally Posted by Suile

To my eyes this looks like a really fine stone.

It is...............

Originally Posted by Wid

It is...............

Yea I have a purple stone from England that I guy I bought it from a guy who cut a vintage one 12by3 in half the long ways.
with water it's prefinishing with oil I would say it's finishing. Cause with oil I get a much closer shave.
I personally enjoy using all my natural stones.

Originally Posted by Suile

Yea I have a purple stone from England that I guy I bought it from a guy who cut a vintage one 12by3 in half the long ways.
with water it's prefinishing with oil I would say it's finishing. Cause with oil I get a much closer shave.
I personally enjoy using all my natural stones.

How do you like working a 6*3 stone? Do you wish it was a 8*3?

Originally Posted by earcutter

How do you like working a 6*3 stone? Do you wish it was a 8*3?

He cut it in half the long ways made it be 12by 1 1/2. I really like honing on it.
I really like the width of it. Though I don't end up using the whole length.