Thread: Best guess

The stone is a little strange because it's somewhat translucent. When using it it looks like your looking into the stone. I'm playing with a black arkie now and slowly figuring things out. Right now the black isn't of finishing quality but getting closer. It was a cheap black so there could also be a stone quality issue, maybe. Earlier this week I got crazy and ordered a true hard arky but it'll take a couple of weeks to show up plus someplace there's a Charnley Forest heading my way. I don't have problems using synthetics to get a fine shaving edge but naturals are much more enigmatic.

Looks like an older Washita stone, nice score, it could also, depending on the weight & porosity be a hard Arkansas.