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It will eat anything after enough time. This is why it's important to distribute the wear as evenly as possible. Spend a little extra time doing circles around the outside of the perimeter - the wear...

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. Marshal's is still more defined in its banding though I think. Both very nice stones indeed.

It may well be. I've never seen a translucent Ark so prominently banded before, pretty cool.

Marshal, the big one is definitely a good example of a "black translucent" and I'd guess the banded one is probably a hard or soft Ark.

As far as the "battle" goes, I just consider it a...

Well it's just a trade-off really. One must decide what one wants to do with the stone and prep it accordingly. By knocking down those microscopic high points you lose cutting speed for sure - no...

Yes, I already mentioned this in an earlier post. Where I said that Washita and coarser Ark stones had more porosity which would affect cutting. The black and translucent Arks have such minimal free...

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(Emphasis mine).

Burnishing is not a big deal. One can wait for the stone to burnish on its own through use or do it right away to prep for razor use. Either way, a worn-in...

Voids and free space aren't there in a black or translucent Ark. Not enough to do anything anyway. I can see single digit micron scale with my scope and there are no pores visible on any of my black...

That's not correct. By burnishing/polishing the surface of the stone, the microscopic high points, or peaks, are removed. This means that the stone produces shallower scratches, which is the entire...

Well all the same, they reflect now, and they give good edges. So what's the problem if someone buys a new stone and wants it to give good edges right away? There's no downside to burnishing the...

Well you are very lucky if you received your stones in such a condition that you could already see your reflection in them. Most suppliers send them these days with quite a rough finish - mine were...

Arks can indeed be burnished without being loaded up. They are two separate entities - burnishing and loading.

As Blake already mentioned, burnishing can be thought of as merely polishing the...

Looks like either a black Ark or a very dark (some call them "black") translucent Ark to me too. The black translucent stones are just barely translucent - check it in the dark with a flashlight -...