Thread: Arkansas Adventures...

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Thanks everybody! I did some honing... probably 400 laps. Didn't use slurry anymore.

It's an interesting stone. I did a few things. Tried to touch up a razor with around 100 laps. Definitely sharp, but I've done much better.

Then I finished a different razor on a jnat, heavy slurry, I was aiming to get the cloudy finish and see what the Ark would do. After 200 laps, I saw the kasumi was disappearing and the stone brought a semi-mirror finish. I could clearly see the scratches now. Still the same sharp edge, a bit keener this time, as I was getting some decent HHT results.

At this point the stone isn't very slow, probably because of lapping. So gonna take a Gold dollar or something, and burnish it, then I'll try again.. and I'll try oil, too. Fun stuff

To give you an idea of how fine and slow they are, using a True Hard/Translucent/Black Arkie as a finisher after a synthetic 8k I do around 100 laps pure water followed by 100 on a slick shave lather.

So to use one as a touch up stone, I would either use a pre-finisher first, leave the back side roughed up to cut faster but not as fine and max that out before flipping to the more burnished side, or if you've got some sort of slurry type stone experiment with a non-native slurry on one side of the hone. I'm fond of Welsh slate (Dragon's Tongue) slurry, but I've also had success with a coticule rubbing stone to lightly set a bevel and work up a good pre-finished polish.