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I have a thread about leather hone cases . If you want a case for your hones it is "free" shipping and handling as well if I have enough scrap leather here to do them. If you pull up the thread you...

I'm glad you got some barber hones to try out . I have not found a bad one, but some of those on e-bay look like people play hockey with them before putting them up for auction. The good thing is...

Sorry about the hijack I hope that was not my fault. Some how we have gotten on linen and things I would not put on a strop. I use a fine translucent Arkansas. The stone is a great finisher. There is...

Did we get on stropping ? :rofl2: I thought this was about lapping and burnishing :)

I am not so sure we are in a different boat . I agree with what you are saying except that you shouldn't use a new stone with a straight razor . I have and I would again. I believe they are good to...

Maybe some one should open a new thread called right way wrong way because I feel like we have hijacked this poor guys thread. :)

Each Arkansas stone has a purpose picking the right stone for the job will keep you from having to alter it .

Well I am not a new honer. Maybe new to the site. I know because it will stop it from cutting fast.

That is a tough question the retailers. I am not really avoiding the question but I can't really answer it well because times have changed. Do you remember when Gibson, sears, and stores like that...

I don't know where you might have gotten your stones that were cut so poorly, but my stones came flat , smooth, and ready to use. Get this! They also have 90% sharp corners :tu this helped my eyes...

Talking about things and their differences I like to think of as debating . It can be educational for me and disastrous. Having to pull out a lot of stones to look at them under the kitchen light...

Well said . :beer1:

It is not just clogging it is like I said before as well . If you buy mud grips for a 4x4 truck and then cut the tread off the tire so that it goes through the mud slow or not at all. You have...

I always said there were pores that could be clogged or loaded. I never said how many pores each of the different Arkies had per stone.
An extremely fine-grained material known as “Arkansas Stone”...

Single cell algae that secrete a hard shell composed of silicon dioxide. Later on it turns into quartz silica.

Take a look at this page in the right hand side you will see a picturre of three arkies read below the picture about the the space and pores and loading .
Novaculite: Used for making stone cutting...

(SiO2) Silcon Dioxide is rock called chert. One of the differences Chert and Novaculite is composed mainly of chalcedony while Novaculite is composed mainly of microcrystalline quartz grains.

Novaculite is a compact quartzose rock of all most pure silica content. The technical advantages of the natural Arkansas oil stone are derived from the crystalline structure of individual quartz...

I do extend the range by turning the stone over and having a fresh side to hone on with out getting up to clean the stone. I use both sides, but for the same purpose. As for as creating a finer side...

I believe in reaching for the right tool for the job. Altering things I am just not a big fan of but to each his own.

I don't have a problem with some one buying a new stone and using a chisel or something to destroy all the cutting properties of the stone so that is looks glazed. I just don't see the sense in it...

I did not say that. I said I never received a stone so rough that I need to violated with something. I honestly don't remember looking for a re flexion when I got them. There is a re flexion now....

Well I have to confess you guys have me on the slurry. I don't use a slurry. I am old and Arkies are all I use and I have for more than half a century. Some of the stone have been passed down through...

If this is an experiment with slurry okay. I don't see the reasoning for it . Why not just use a slurry stone if you like slurry? Why drive a nail with a crescent wrench when you have a hammer laying...

I have to disagree there is no burnished Arkansas it is just a dirty stone with all the pores clogged up. This is called a loaded stone. In the old days oil kept the pores clean. I don't use it my...