Thread: Hard Arkansas

Burnish with a Carbon Steel cleaver, you can pick them up for under 5 buck at antique stores and flea markets. They are also handy to have in the kitchen.

With that you can really put some pressure on the stone face and get across the whole stone.

I do heavy pressure half-laps with Smiths and water until it is slick like glass.

Put a razor on the stone and as you burnish it the feel will get slicker, until it is almost like wet glass.

Here’s an old 10X3 black.