Thread: Sudden HAD attack. Worth being in the doghouse?

I've been wanting a translucent Arkansas stone. When I saw this I had to have it:

eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

So I had to spend my spending money from next month, five days early. That's against the rules in my house.....and I'm the one who came up with the rules.

Michael

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I've been wanting a translucent Arkansas stone. When I saw this I had to have it:

eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

So I had to spend my spending money from next month, five days early. That's against the rules in my house.....and I'm the one who came up with the rules.

Michael

Hi Michael,

I think you're asking the wrong people here. We're all a bunch of enablers and addicts ourselves.

Congratulations, that's a beauty. Thanks for sharing, please post more pics when you get it. Make sure it's flat prior to use, and don't drop it on a hard surface. Have fun.
MIke

It's an Hard Arkansas that is somewhat translucent but it's not a Translucent Arkansas. It should be a decent stone for sharpening knives.

That is what I thought when I was looking at those pictures.

Congrats......Nice stone!!

Originally Posted by Piet

It's an Hard Arkansas that is somewhat translucent but it's not a Translucent Arkansas. It should be a decent stone for sharpening knives.

maybe this is a dumb question......but what would/is the difference?? that is, why would this one not be good for razors???

Hard Arkie is lower grade/grit than Translucent.

It's not a dumb question at all. Arkansas stones are incredibly hard and slow. I have tried a couple Soft and Hard Arkies and I think these chip a razor's edge. These produced a scary sound when honing razors. Because I've only tried a couple others may work fine or I just wasn't careful enough, but they will be slow. I've read the Black and Translucent Arkies are fine for razor use. There should be pictures of these at the forum.

I still have a vintage Soft and Hard (or at least I suspect they are) and I use them for knives and scissors. They are pretty coarse, I've seen them described as being respectivey 1-2k and 3-4k.

Originally Posted by Piet

It's an Hard Arkansas that is somewhat translucent but it's not a Translucent Arkansas. It should be a decent stone for sharpening knives.

+1 for that statement and nowhere on the packaging of the stone claims to be a translucent and even more that norton does have for sale a real translucent stone look here!
Hard Translucent Arkansas Bench Stone
but nevertheless it is a beautiful stone for sure!