washita confusion

[heiopei]

hi there

i am somewhat fascinated by the wide range washitas can offer. as with all "arks" there is this confusion thing going on: seems that in earlier days for some companies there wasn t a true hard category but hard and true hard was the same, some soft arks where other companies hard arks, some sell/ sold stones as washitas but beeing arks aso aso aso.
ok, that s arks, i know.

my question: as with all naturals you can t be sure what you get. but washitas can be coarse and/or fine, still don t know how arkansas breeded that one out but it did. i m looking for a rather coarse washita. according to davew the good quality stuff is a labeled pike lily white/ ruby red/ no 1. then there are mechanics friend, carpenters (or woodworkers) delight.
some say lily white is superior to no1, and by saying so they don t say if superior means faster or finer or more evenly concerning particle size or whatever...???
others say they are the same, nobody compares those to mechanics friend and the others, aso, well...???

i would appreciate if anyone with more insight in these stones (washitas) could tell me if there are any major differences because i can t see the light here

thank you and have a good one