Originally Posted by
Marshal
I also wonder about oil vs water removing the same amount of stone over the course of it's life - at least with respect to Arkansas stones. There's an appreciable difference in how fast they burnish with water VS oil. I can count the number of razors I sharpened with water before I noticed the stones visually glazing and slowing up, this has not happened with the ones I've been using with oil (I'm actually hoping the small translucent Arkie will burnish as that would be beneficial for a finishing stone). They're also surprisingly homogenous, %99.9 silica. It's not the usual sedimentary rock that you see used as a hone most anywhere else.