Well those who know me, know that I have had a love affair with my Guangxi stone for a couple years now. Using only that and a 1k king to hone mine and others razors with superb results. I recently found out you can use water, dish soap, and glycerin on Arkansas stones so I dug mine out and gave it a shot. Well, I had to reach up and feel my face after the first stroke because it was that smooth and sharp. I couldn't believe it! This is the edge I've always dreamed about!

My Guangxi hasn't seen any action in about a month as I have been honing every razor I can get my hands on with my Arkansas stones and with consistent results too. Unbelievable.

I am now going to commit the next year to using nothing but my Arkies so I can really get to know these stones. Like a kid who's fallen in love I can do nothing but gush about these stones and people around me (including my wife) are sick of hearing about it. That's ok. I'm as happy as a teenager in puppy love.