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Thank you, that's a lot of useful information. Y'know it's funny I spent about a year trying to figure that confounded stone out before I finally blundered (almost literally) onto the proper...

I like to use a rubbing stone made of the same type of rock that I'm using. That way it will not degrade the preparation I've laid out on the surface. Provided of course that the edges of the rubbing...

Naniwa 1k is good for setting bevels and the 3k is good for removing the 1K scratches and starting the polishing process. You'll probably want something higher grit than that for your intended...

I polished the living tar out of mine. It's been flattened and polished up to 8000 grit (totally unnecessary, 1k or 2k is fine) then burnished by running the edge of a few kitchen knives over it. Now...

Looks about like the same type of inclusion mine has, but yours has much more of it. Both the little black stripes and the larger copper colored inclusions. I noticed little if any difference running...

Gary's method is good stuff. I started to do that when I had to create a new edge on a razor I had to wear a 1/4" chip out of. I hadn't thought of using it when I use my naturals. Dragon's Tongue...

A lot of natural hones will have bands of color in them. My C12K has the same thing, a few spots of orange/brown in the hone. The feed back is no different in this area, and in my opinion it doesn't...

Only thing you want to keep in mind with combination stones is there is slightly greater risk for grit contamination. It could be quite frutstrating if somehow grit from the lower rated side got...

I have one and it does make for a good finisher. My advice - look into how people prep their Arkansas hones. In my humble opinion, these need more than just being flattened with 320 grit paper before...