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I've been attempting to lap the "hard" Arkansas for 2 days now. Put in about 4 hours each day on 40 grit paper. I got enough of it flat and then gave up. This thing is just as hard if not harder than...

Got the soft ark lapped today. 2/3 only the hard to go.

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This is a massive difference from when I received it. Not quite there of course to that highly polish mirror look that's sought after lately.

They may not be popular but they do work well. I can't wait to do a full progression.

That's a nice looking stone congrats. Did you pay an arm and a leg for it?


Side note: Today I spent another 2 hours lapping and prepping the black. An hour and a half of lapping and another 30...

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12x3 black or translucent? From where?

Believe it or not I wasted time and 30 sheets of paper with that stone. I am way too impatient to wait for grit to come in. If I ever have to do it again... I'm getting loose grit

The soft and...

Yes if you want to save money you've got to put in some time lapping.



I'll get it burnished when my arms feel a bit better. The one on the right is the soft. The hard is the middle. The...

My arks arrived. These big boys. 255231

Here's my initial thoughts on purchasing from natural whetstone.

The prices are really good. Especially price to size ratio compared to others
The ...

I have had a Dan's Black before so it will be fun to compare how they match up. Yes marshal I originally from Dan's ordered 12x2. So I will settle for 10x3 lol.

Leon I'll keep that in mind next...

Longhaultanker was nice enough to offer to bring them across the border for me but I ended up buying from natural whetstone. Soft, hard and black in a 10x3x1" format shipped for a very good price and...

Unfortunately shipping from Dan's is way too high. It's not their fault at all. I had an order placed but sadly it had to be cancelled. The cost to get something across the border is disgusting....

Hi all just wondering about the differences between the two. Dans whetstone has listed the black as finer than the translucent and the translucent as fine as the true hard Arkansas. Meaning if I got...