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+1 Your stone is probably plenty flat to use and by flattening more you will only remove years of burnish. If you do choose to rough it up then do one side and leave the other. I would leave both...

Yes! +1. A slurry is helpful or harmful when you use these stones. Helpful if you use it the right way (which it seems you did). There are quite a few of us that have found this out ESPECIALLY with a...

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Well, much respect for taking on an Arkansas progression! Sorry it was such a tough battle for you. Maybe next time try an easier blade UNLESS you are like me and a glutton...

:rofl2: I have spent the last couple YEARS getting an all ark progression down. The tests are all different, for me, when using these stones as opposed to synthetics. A soft Arkansas can set a bevel...

Many roads to Rome. Thanks so much for sharing yours! Congrats on an awesome shave too!

Call me challenged but it took me just as long on a 1K king synthetic as on my Washita with a slurry

I have also set bevels with my soft using the same method as my washita but the washita I use is faster. The one I use for bevels is either a vintage "second" or a dans. They have got bad reviews but...

LTH have you used an Arkansas for bevel setting? I have now set literally hundreds of bevels using a washita stone. They are fast and effective IF you use them properly.