Thread: Antique shop find/ good ?

Originally Posted by adrspach

More and more like Arkie. Good luck with lapping.

That would be my guess.

Originally Posted by eleblu05

the stone is coming out good. does it have any banding or layering on the side of the stone?

I did one side, it does not look like there is any layer or band. The side looks much the same as the top.

I hit it with 80 grit on our marble countertop, then 120, followed by 400 wet. It looks flat now I want to finish up with 600 grit. I'll get a photo later, the color is a much lighter shade of brown now, I wonder if thats just old darkened oil? I will get the stone out of the wooden box and start to soak. Have not seen "Green" around here..... would regular dish soap work?

Use "DAWN" or something like that if you have it, it is designed to break down oil and grease.

Arkies work best with oil, so there's not really a need to clean them. I would just use it as is for knives.