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I decided Sunday to lap these stone to the 3m 5 mic lapping film. I found out that 2 corners of every stone was not quite as flat as the rest. I don't think this would interfere with honing but I'm...

Well, I finally shaved yesterday. Due to ridiculous amounts of overtime and my 10 month old daughter's nap time I had 4 days of beard to whack through. My initial impression is that the razor was...

Thez has it right. After the 70 laps on the translucent the sharpness test seemed to decrease from what it was off of the hone just before (12k Nani SS). I went straight to the strop after Arkansas...

Well I tried the first stone yesterday. It was the plain clear white translucent. There were a few interesting things I learned about it. I used a Greaves and sons 7/8" 1/4 grind wedge with a slight...

By bonding their translucent's do you mean bonding them to other stone to create a double sided hone or mixing the Arkansas stone dust in a binder? Either way these are neither. They are pure natural...

Zib,
Yes it is. But Norton classifies them as the same, HB6. Here's their catalog:...

I've had a few new Norton HB6 Translucent Arkansas Stones that have been sitting in a drawer for a while now. I've been wanting to really take the time to learn each of them. I still don't have the...