Thread: Wichita ?

No..they are not. Their in the same class of novacule, but different stones all together.

Arks are what they are, soft to hard, and hone only so far for each density.
A Washita will set a bevel, and go a lot further, to the point of polishing, in the right hands. I've pushed mine several times, to roughly 8K.

Its truly, a different animal, compared to a Ark.

The lids of these do have codes and im guessing these codes tell you what the stone is.

The top one then could be a Washita from what was said in the video but until i try a razor on it i will not know and the colourful one is defo an Arkansas .

Originally Posted by outback

No..they are not. Their in the same class of novacule, but different stones all together.

Arks are what they are, soft to hard, and hone only so far for each density.
A Washita will set a bevel, and go a lot further, to the point of polishing, in the right hands. I've pushed mine several times, to roughly 8K.

Its truly, a different animal, compared to a Ark.

Please explain?
A washita stone is mined in Arkansas.
Washita is novaculite.
They’re from the Ouachita mountain range.
I do understand and agree that the vintage Washita stones have unique performance compared to other arkansas stones, I own a vintage pike/norton/ behr #1 washita.
if it is not an Arkansas stone, from Arkansas how would you classify it?

In respect to mine location, yes.
But you can have peaches, pears, apples, growing in the same orchard, yet their all different in taste n texture.

I too have a soft Washita, but it won't do what a true Washita can do. It acts more like a Ark, only good for so far, and that's it. Where a true Washita covers a wider spectrum of honing ranges.

Like calling a Indian a white man. Yea, we share the same DNA, as humans go. But we are different.