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Ahh ok i kind of thought that as i had a bit of a rub with 2000 wet dry and it looks to me my stone is smoother than that,i just bought a little translucent so i'll do the rubbing with it and see how...

smgunn i absolutely love the finish i get of my arks but i've noticed i get smoother finishes if i go soft hard then black ark compared to going fine extra fine to black ark and takes me longer to...

I'll give it a go and do the 2000 side first and see if that gives me that little extra i'm always looking for,then depending on the difference in finish between the two sides i'll decide what i do...

i really like that trick too how did you do the dry polish and what sort of progression did you use,i'll take a guess that it took a while but i think it would be worth it

smgunn when i sharpen my razors when new or really blunt i progress from soft to hard to surgical black and the edge will split hairs straight of the stone and i only give a few laps on the strop...

Yesterday i emailed Dan's about a 1 inch wide stone just for my razors and i asked which was finer surgical black or translucent,they replied today saying that the surgical black is the finest stone...