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I took care of some of the conditioning of the hone last night. I got myself a cup of tea and patiently kept running a 1 1/4" chisel over the stone. Unfortunately, I don't have any really wide...

What's interesting is how black your hone is relative to mine (greyish with streaks). I guess this comes from them being natural hones, but I wonder if the different morphology indicates different...

Wow! That's some serious shine on that stone!

How did you get it to that point? Finer and finer abrasives, or a chisel and elbow grease?

Also, even with this shine, do you still see the...

Thanks for posting this. It seems like my hone is pretty close to this level of polish already. I will probably buy some of the Al2O3 and see if it improves the polish on my black.

Thanks for the tips, guys. Is there a source of SiC or aluminium oxide that allows purchase in small amounts? It seems like I can only get it in 1 lb lots (too much for me).

Wid - I was wondering...

Thanks. I don't have any chisels, but I was hoping that doing the same thing with knives would work. It seems to be improving, but very slowly.

I guess I'll just keep using some elbow grease on...

After hearing about the arkansas hones here, I decided to buy and try one. I picked up a black/soft arkansas combo from Natural Whetstones. It came in and needed a lot of flattening.

I decided to...

Yep, my understanding is that the smoother the surface of the Charnley/Ark, the better the finish on the razor. Certainly, the best of my Charnleys has a really smooth honing surface.

I was...

It's interesting to see the comments about Arks here. I know they're supposed to be the same sort of rock as the Charnleys, but while I've been able to find CF's now and then (from Piet, for...

Thanks guys! I appreciate the confirmation of the stone ID.

It's interesting to see all the various hues and textures that these stones have. Of course, they also work differently, though I...

I thought I may as well include my other 'Charnleys' here and get their ID confirmed at one go.

The little one on the left is just plain amazing! Silent killer edges off it every time. It is only...

I've been wondering about this hone for a while. I've had it for several years I think, and I use it as a final finisher. It's fine, slow and puts a nice edge on my razors, but I'm unsure about its...