Originally Posted by
DaveW
Arks are different, you don't have to do gentle laps only, even with the finisher. If it's settled in, you can swish the razor back and forth on the stone with moderate pressure (just not enough to flex the razor, that would be pointless) and then end with progressively lighter strokes.
When I prepare a (new to me and long out of service) razor only with arkansas stones, it takes about 15 minutes from a bevel reset to a shave ready razor, but a lot of the work is done with some pressure until the very final strokes. It is a gentle abrasive once broken in, and as long as there is no floating particles on the stone. The stone itself is gentle.
The broken in jasper is even slower, and you can just swash a razor back and forth on it for a couple of minutes to get a final burnish. It won't create any semblance of a wire edge.