Absolutely does! I have been playing around with my new CF, and it behaves very similar to my finest Arks. Mine does not seem to achieve the mirror effect to the same degree as the black ark though. but close!
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These are some pics of an early experiment with coarse automotive valve grinding paste. IIRC it is a mix of SiC & AlOX.
The stone is Spydie UF. These very quickly "break in" a DMT.
Pic #1 Factory grind marks
#2 10 minutes lapping
#3 Half an hour lapping. I think I spent 2 hours from go to whoa.
#4 Did I say it was messy ?
#5 Refreshing the paste.
I think I'd go with a belt sander on a badly dished arky but this method is a good follow up. You can even finish on a little diamond spray.
Hi eleblu05,
I finally did this with my Charnley last night, using a SpydercoUF and diamond paste instead of the pocket stone, then the back side of my DMT325 plate and oil like you instruct. Then I honed, and got the first good results I've had from this hone. Thank you for sharing this knowledge; I can finally be happy about purchasing this hone.
The weird thing about my hone is that from straight on it looks like a very matte surface, but if you look from a very low angle (10 deg or so) you get a very shiny reflection. This is true looking from either side of the hone, and also from the long ends.
Best wishes and thanks again!
Just to give an update on the original stone for the thread, it had quite a belly to it. It is mostly flat now, but I haven't touched it in a while. I have a DMT d8c en route, should be here today, but I'm hesitant to use it on the arkie. I was planning on using it on my shapton glass.
HAS plays dirty. It lead me to straight razor shaving, not the other way around.
I use my front porch, concrete works amazingly well for hard arky's
You makes reference to eleblu05 above.....
For me I have found that Arkies and the Spyderco UF hone all take on the apparent
grit of the last tool used to flatten them for a while. Rubbing the surface with mild steel
with lots of fluid these very hard hones calm down and begin to show their quality.
Both begin to have a glint to the surface where the grains have been polished smooth
and near flat. The same is also true for some famous barber hones. i.e. the finish
that makes a good razor edge is worn into the surface and not a function of the intrinsic
grain size.