Thread: Any Arkansas users out there?

I've been a vendor for Hall's Arkansas stones for years now. The Translucent and Surgical are very close, but the Surgical black will give you a finer edge, you can just about feel the difference in the two stones. Jim Hall say's the Surgical is finer. This is a generalization, These being naturals, they're are differences from stone to stone. We had some members that used them for razors, but not many. I know Jimmy just finished one on a vintage black with great results. They're great stones. They work best with oil, no slury, like a Charnley. I use them almost exclusively for knives. You can most definitely use them on razors. As far as microns and all that, I have no idea, I just know they work, Soft, Hard, Trans, and Surgical, in that order.

I think guys like the Translucent because it looks prettier.