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So I got my ark today. Holy crap did that thing suck to lap and man did it need it. It was covered in sap from the cedar box so I just soaked it in alcohol and got the sap off. Like I said all I have...

200 laps? Thats it? No I dont mind the amount. From what little honing I have done I enjoy it very much and find it very relaxing and gives me something to do. I am dreading the lapping part though....

Thanks mike. I doubt its going to be lapped, although my fingers are crossed. I have read about people and their lapping nightmares on these stones. I have heard that most use smiths honing oil but I...

Oh yeah I know I stole it haha. I was so nervous that I was going to be overbid at the last few seconds and then bam it said I won. I was just bored scrolling the ebay pages for hones and saw that...

So I won a auction on ebay for a arkansas hone that says it is a Black Hard Arkansas, but if you go on Dan's Whetstone's he has his arks classified as soft, hard, black, and translucent in that order...