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I think the various hard (that are not true hards like black, trans, etc), washita and soft stones are all in the same category, so there's no need to have more than one of them. They can all cut a...

Soft arks are OK for bevel setting, I wouldn't buy the dan's soft ark because of the soft arks around, it's not as good as the natural whetstone soft arks (those are also cheap).

With all of the...

Any hardware store chisel a half inch or an inch wide should be fine. Just not something too narrow (it'll be cumbersome to use if you get something too narrow).

Literally just rub the flat back...

If the stone is flat when you get it, I personally don't lap it - just burnish it.

A black or trans ark is a stone that should leave a bright polish on razors when it's fully settled in...

Yeah, i guess they (norton) don't want their ad copy to tell you the whole story on it, or you might not buy it!!

It was, at the time I bought mine, about $25, and well known among the woodworkers...

I just threw one of those in my trash can a couple of weeks ago. Those are a hard bonded very coarse stone intended to used with soft waterstones. They will damage the surface of an arkansas stone...

It's all about the surface conditioning once you get into the good quality trans (which the nortons are, especially the old ones) and the blacks.

(I'd agree, you won't gain much by getting a black...

Yeah, not the same washita as pike mine washita (so not really a washita stone). The stone that dans has is novaculite, but it's fragile and really low density.

I talked with them about it and I...