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Soft Arkansas at naturalwhetstone.com

You need to have a fairly coarse diamond hone to keep it "awake". NW's softs are fairly open matrix and coarse cutting, and some others are not.

The...

There are several, but they do take a little bit more skill or a little bit more touch keeping the stone in shape.

Soft arkansas and binsui come to mind (both of those will set an edge as fast as...