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I have no intention of buying more honing stones.”

Said the exact same thing to my bride, just the other day…

She laughed…

“My apologies for reiterating my point of view. I will say no more on the subject.”


Not a problem, your stone may perform at x grit performance, but some new guy reads your post and thinks he...

Yup, familiar with their work.

They give estimates… of 2-3k spread.

You cannot grit rate a natural stone, they were made by nature, over hundreds of thousands of years, there was no quality...

That stone is loaded with oil, so how it looks can change. I have remove all the oil from all my Arks and use them with water and Smith’s water soluble Honing Solution. Removing all the oil can take...

Give it a hose of Oven Cleaner, a scrubbing with a scotch brite and a Simple Green bath and you will have a very good idea of what it really is.

If it’s an Ark, put a razor on it before you lap...