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Yes, as said you don’t have to spend a life time burnishing, That, large stone was burnished many years ago, 20-30 years and has finished, many, many razors. It has also been a long time since that...

Yup, just once, using it to hone razors will burnish it further.

So, if you buy an old hard Ark, and it is smooth, try it before you lap, or do anything to it. If it is has been used a lot, it...

Pressure is what you want to apply, time on the stone with any blade will help but not as fast as pressure, which is why a large knife or chisel works well, use your body weight and lean into it.
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Depends on how well you finished the stone, take it to 2k wet and dry. It should be smooth when you start burnishing.

You can always come back and do more.

I usually work the stone in half do...

Might work, but I have always used hard heavy carbon steel, Ax or hatchet head, large carbon kitchen knife or best, a large carbon steel cleaver? You can buy old cleavers cheap at swapmeet for a...