Thread: Pink Arkansas translucent stone

After hearing that before about their specific gravities, I was able to determine that my translucent Ark. is indeed more dense than any of my other natural hones - the C12k, for instance.

Arkansas stones haven't always been graded by density btw which is one reason blacks and translucents are often thought of as being special in some way. And translucency can be used to compare different translucents since denser stones are generally more translucent, but it's not as accurate as density because of variations in the binder's color also affects translucence. So back before density was used to grade them, you could get a more accurate grade on translucent stones than on the black stones, and it was harder for sellers to lie about it since anybody could check how fine their translucent really was by holding it up to the sun, whereas the only way to doublecheck that your black was really a high-grade black and not a low-grade black was to try to hone with it, and convince the seller that the stone was at fault and not your honing skill.

i read about them from this 2 sources. you may need to scroll down or up to find more information

Complete Guide to Sharpening - Google Books



Iron: An illustrated weekly journal ... - Google Books


there is some helpful information may help someone

Do you have one of these in the works Sham?