All the conversation here seems to be on the relative merit of Belgian and German natual stones used with water, some Japanese water stones, and the newer Norton artificial water stones. Can some of the cognoscenti here tell this tyro why there is so little dicussion about what I thought were the marvelous razor hones from Arkansas? And if it's a case of the old stones worked so well but the new stones aren't worth a pinch, what is the difference and how significant is it?
Much obliged