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Yeah, I got an 8x3 surgical black at bestsharpeningstones.com early this summer and love it! It was pretty close to flat, but yeah, it's a bear to do any real lapping on the arks.

That almost looks like a translucent as you say. Take it into a dark room and shine a flashlight or headlamp up against it and you will know instantly. I have one almost exactly like it (but in a...