Quote Originally Posted by outback View Post
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?