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The reason we lap the stones is to keep them flat, not de-glaze them. And the use of slurry is an 100% legitimate method on honing, on the stones that can create slurry. Slurry from an Arkansas stone...

IMHO roughening the surface of the stone does not count as a way to hone. It's like sprinkling the stone with SiC powder. You can hone on it, but that's not the stone's speed, I don't think it was...

Am I the only one who finds the Arkansas stones painfully slow? Sure, that's the reason they last longer, but for an edge that's no longer sharp or a bit serious metal removal, they would be my last...

Certainly younger by far than any natural stone around us :) If not, I would like to know your secret. Homo sapiens sapiens older than 200000 years, that's gotta be a thing.

Overpriced stones. Hate them. Also, expensive shipping! First class mail international is a good choice my good vendors. Other than that, Acropolis. You can't hone on them, it's mostly marble. If...