Thread: Arkansas Adventures...

Originally Posted by kelbro

Nice looking stone. I've never found a need to use a slurry on a translucent Arkansas stone. They are finishers and perform very well with water or very thin oil.

Pretty much this. Only time I use slurry is when it comes from a different (softer) source stone. Coticule, Welsh slates, Jnat naguras, etc. Trying to dig up enough material to form a working slurry is a good way to kill a diamond plate. Flattening Arkansas stones is what did in my DMT 325. When I do work with slurry on an Arkansas, I use the back side because, like MW76, I keep one side of the stone burnished and I don't want to disturb that. The smoother the surface, the better edge you're going to get. The stone will cut slower of course, so it's a trade off.