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Black Arkansas is a good finisher for knives, not for razors. It leaves rather rough edge.

I don't use translucent stone, but I heard that some people use it as finishing stone.

I'm using black Arkansas for two years and I can assure you that the edge, left by this stone, very much resemble rough edge left by 1K artificial stone. Not much difference. It is clearly seen with...

I have three arkansas stones (soft, hard and black). I use them mostly for knives and only sometimes for razors. They are good to repair a nick or frown. For black Arkansas 1.5K is maximum, probably...