Thread: Coarse natural stones?

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

And some people don't like the Arkansas stones because they are supposed to be used with oil, but I have used them with water, though not extensively, and they seem to be fine.

I think honing oil is a big scam . I used to think that you had to use honing oil , and I used it for over 20 years . I tried water on a new hard Arkansas stone , and found that water worked better than oil . I think water will work better than oil , on any stone .