Thread: Translucent Arkansas stone?

If you use DE's. I would compare a Arkansas edge to my Voskhod blades. Sharp and smooth. And GOK 20K edge to Feathers.
I totally get this comparison. The more I shave with my FatBoy DE (work days when I'm rushed), the more I love those Voskhod blades; I don't even really feel the blade, it's so smooth. My best Arkie edges are a lot like that.

And for what it's worth, I have mostly given up on the hundreds of laps Ark regimen as too much work. I have found that I can torque my edges quite a bit (at least on the beefier grinds that comprise the bulk of my rotation), and get much quicker results. You still have to be careful because they're so hard, but it makes that fabled ark edge a good deal quicker to achieve. I still finish with a few dozen lighter x-strokes. YMMV as always.