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I shaved with the razor that I refinished on the ark this morning, and I'm quite impressed. By far the sharpest blade I've used yet.

It's definitely translucent, but its very dark in color and doesn't look like any other Arkansas I've ever seen (bear in mind I haven't seen many). The bevel on the razor that I re-finished looks...

The hone was waiting in the mailbox after work today, and I immediately set my attention to lapping it flat. It took two trips to the hardware store for progressively coarser packages of sandpaper....

According to the estimated delivery date, it should be here today...... however, tracking hasn't updated in a day or two, so who knows at this point......... maybe it will be waiting on me when I go...

Thanks for the info! I have a set of Nortons and a couple of coticules, so I should be able to do something very similar to your progression.

I thought that my stone would be here today, but it's...

I sure hope that this turns out to be a good stone. Euclid, can you elaborate on your honing progression and how you use the black Arks? I'm looking forward to trying out an Arky edge, but the info...

I just got the shipment notification from the seller! Should have it by Wednesday or Thursday... got my fingers crossed that it's what he says it is.

I was recently messaging back and forth with an eBay seller regarding purchasing a surgical black Arkansas hone. During the conversation, he mentioned having a slab of translucent black novaculite...