Here are my current stones that were sold to me in 1971 as straight razor honing stones. Yeah, again Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet and I had to go on the advice of a broken down barber.

However, unless anyone has good reason to - whoops, I am not marrying these. Well, let me know guys if lapping these and using them is a futile task.

Soft Arkansas


Hard Arkansas


Black Arkansas



BTW, my errors in honing aside from not having great stones as recommended on this forum are -
1. Pressing too hard
2. Flipping on Edge instead of Spine
3. Not beveling the stone edges.
4. Not Lapping the stones.
5. Over honing.
6. Not knowing what the **** I was doing.