Thread: Arkansas Oil Stone Experiments

I got my miscellaneous Ark stones out to see if I could go from dull to shave ready using only them and light oil, here's the gear:

Non dis-script soft Ark far right, vertical center Smith Tri-hone, Translucent (with razor)
I didn't count laps so these are best guesses until the last no pressure 30

I started with the soft Ark, probably 50 1/2 x's/side, 50 circles/side, 30 x-strokes
moved to the medium stone on the tri-hone and did the same as above (it now cuts arm hair full length)
moved to the fine stone on the tri-hone and did basically the same as above with less pressure (now very sharp)
moved to the translucent and did probably 100 light 1/2 x strokes side and 50 circles/side, then cleaned and applied new oil and did 30 x-strokes with almost no pressure.
then 20 laps CrOx paddle and 50 linen/ 60 leather. It passes HHT and tree tops arm hair.

The shave was about an 9 out of 10!! I probably won't do this again, but was an interesting experiment

I shaved off of a sugical black arkie for years. With practice they can give an edge that will rival the other finishers. Problem is they require at least twice the patience of other hones.

Originally Posted by Theseus

I shaved off of a sugical black arkie for years. With practice they can give an edge that will rival the other finishers. Problem is they require at least twice the patience of other hones.

MANY more laps than I'm used to, that's for sure!