Thread: The proper order of usage

Hello I now have a soft arkansas, hard arkansas, 220/1000 norton & 4000/8000 norton. At what places would I use the arkansas stones?

I'm not sure why you'd want to use the arkie - the Norton 1k, 4k, 8k is a complete progression that would only be complimented by a finer finishing stone. If your hard is finer than the 8k, you could finish on it, but I think other hones would do the job better.

I was only going to use them when sharpening pocket and kitchen knives since I do have them. So far for my razors I have only used the 8000.

Originally Posted by shoenanvil

Hello I now have a soft arkansas, hard arkansas, 220/1000 norton & 4000/8000 norton. At what places would I use the arkansas stones?

there is no way anyone can answer to your question correctly. We could guess but that wont be right way to guide you.
Natural stones are different even among each other.
you try to use norton 1k.4k.8k and learn how to get maximum out of your stones.
then you could move forward to natural stones or add some. arkansas cotiucle,cf etc.