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If the spine is bent, the spine is bent. There is no way to get around that one. You should also be very mindful of what you are doing with grinding and motorized polishing of razors. You can ruin...

As they say, "A little knowledge, is a dangerous thing."

The Arkie needs to FLAT. .002 isn't flat. A diamond plate is flat within .0005 and should stick to the hone when it is flat

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So that is normal...As to oil or water, most stones out there are used with water. Arkies are one of the exceptions.

That indicates that it MAY have an acceptable bevel...a good starting point.

1. Naturals are NEVER graded by grit.

2. If you haven't lapped them, they are not flat enough for razors.

If your black arkie only performs as a 3 or 4K you need at least an 8K for a finisher, 8 and 12K better!

Don't know how a soft ark fits in the equation but typically razors START at 1000 and most people use 3 or so steps from there to a finisher (your black arkie).

Why do you have "marks" from a finisher? A strop is the final burnish. There should be nothing required between the finisher and the strop...100 laps there or so should be more than adequate. ...