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I have no idea about the new arkies.

Mine is a Trans black vintage. It came from my great grandad, and probably predated him. It's a pretty ugly looking block but it does work.
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The steel breaks the grit rather than loosening it. The stone is that hard that the grit doesn't come loose, hence no slurry. When you break it your actually smashing the grit into smaller flatter...

The arkie is pretty strange TBF.

It has a course grit and the stone doesn't work by using the grit at all. You lap it flat, then go nuts with some steel over the surface. The grit kind of breaks...

I've actually been going from the King to the trans arkie, I'm not planning on removing it from the rotation. I do however want to reduce the time I need to spend on that stone. Straight from the 6K...

Hey.

I've got 3 dtm's, the king icebear 1K/6K combi, and a trans arkie.

I'm thinking about adding a synthetic finishing stone to the line up. I've read that the king 6K is near to the Norton 8K...