Thread: Dan's Whetstone True Hard

Looking forward to your sharpening test resuts!

Originally Posted by malaverdiere

Looking forward to your sharpening test resuts!

My anticipation is that it will hone / shave equally as good as both my Hard Black and Translucent.

Nice looking stone.

I agree on all points. This has been my experience too. A beautiful stone as are all Arkansas stones.

I recently pulled a couple of razors needing a refresh. I started out on the burnished True Hard and then finished up on the Translucent. All I can say is that they mow down my barbwire beard slicker than snot.

That's a beautiful piece of stone! I had wondered where the "true Hard" fell in the progression! I always thought the "translucent" was the finest of the Arks , Dan's list the black as the finest, but the Trans must be more rare hence the price! I know the Translucent I have is very fine almost like glass! Now I'm wanting a surgical black and maybe also a "true Hard" these two are the same price at Dan's.........decisions decisions!

It all depends on the density of the stone really. Translucents, True Hard, and Black stones all fall into the same density range. I imagine one simply finds more Black stones at the densest end of the spectrum, but my True Hard performs every bit as well as any of my Translucent stones and they all have potential to have the same high density as a Black stone.