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That's true, but kerosene is flammable, so the wife might not approve of you keeping it in the house. I wind up doing my blade refreshes standing at the sink, fully lathered up, with a half-inch of...

I use shaving lather as a lubricant on my fine translucent arkansas stone, which seems to do a good job of keeping the stone from clogging up while allowing the stone to produce a very fine edge. ...

Oops, sorry, I didn't read your entire post, and didn't realize you had the additional hones. Just use the soft arkansas for the rough honing, then once it's popping hairs you can move to the swaty,...

Hi Zeke,

I'm one of the few guys around here that uses arkansas stones extensively. I've used both the hard and translucent arkansas, but never the soft. However, if the soft arkansas is all...