Thread: arkansas stone (surgical)

I used a transluscent Ark (after ignorantly destroying a DMT8C trying to lap it). I used oil, and used the Ark after the c12k. It gave a very very respectable edge. 'On the sharp side of smooth. Lap counts were in the hundreds. A good Ark isn't cheap, and I think there are better and certainly more cost and time effective methods. I won't put the Ark down. It does the job. 'Just a big time commitment.