Quote Originally Posted by FAL View Post
I have thought that using slurries of the right Grit at the right time in the progression can and will speed things up a bit and get to finish faster, it should work with about any hard hone, Arkansas or not.

The slurry self education is forever interesting to me at this point.
Surgical black and translucent arkies are very hard and they are a stone. Eschers are better if you like to use a slurry because it is mud slate and it will slurry. Arkies are great finishers but they don't dissolve with the water.