This is more for people who either use or have tried Arkansas stones to finish on.

I have tried Arks in the past and they were just not my thing. I don't think there is much variation in terms of edge from either a hard black or translucent but I may be wrong.

I found the edges to be very nice, skin friendly and keen but really no better than a really good Coti,Jnat or Escher.
I have tried them polished up and at 600 w/d with oil and with water.
I found them painfully slow in use.
Recently I picked up a Norton Hard Arkansas (green label, vintage) black slipstone (2.6 - S.G). My thinking was to use the large radius edge as a hone. It is 3/8 across at the large radius side and 5" long.
I used w/d to 600 then 1000 to "dress" that rounded edge. I also lapped the flatter side of the two to 600 and can use that as well.
The radius edge just expedited the whole process IMO.

With 100 strokes on an only 5" stone the edge had been transformed to the Ark stone edge. Weight of blade combined with the extra pressure invoked because of the radius it was much quicker than in the past.
It actually worked pretty well and of course it touches every part of the blade when honing given the small contact area.

Has anyone else tried or even considered this?