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Finally got what I was trying to get out of that Morley, a solid shave from an edge cut on nothing but Arkansas stones.

I think the biggest problem was underestimating how much the Soft, Hard,...

To give you an idea of how fine and slow they are, using a True Hard/Translucent/Black Arkie as a finisher after a synthetic 8k I do around 100 laps pure water followed by 100 on a slick shave...

Pretty much this. Only time I use slurry is when it comes from a different (softer) source stone. Coticule, Welsh slates, Jnat naguras, etc. Trying to dig up enough material to form a working slurry...

Well, we'll see how it goes next time. Which won't be too far off. Shave test was a failure.

I think Im just falling into the same traps/pitfalls I do with any single grit hone. I get bored....

Probably because I was a little too focused on the toe, since that's where the nick was. The last 1/4" where the chip was, and the inch to the heel was set. The rest felt OK-is on my thumb pad, so I...

Tonight's experiment - full Arkansas progression on a new (to me) Morley clover stamp.

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Talk about a hard fought battle. Left to right, Soft Arkie, Hard Arkie, True Hard Arkie. Morley...

I've got a few theories of my own, so I'll be keeping an eye out for that thread.

Agreed that coticule slurry on a soft Arkie works pretty well. But with the pores filled and the surface...

I mentioned earlier that I had cobbled together a sort of Nagura set from (mostly) Western stones. Bear with me a moment, and if you're heavily into Jnats avert your eyes from this post. It may get...

Yep, all my questionable shaving technique and not the stone. I've got a second Morley OTW that looks in good shape, so maybe I'll try again this week. I'm pretty content with how all my other blades...

Today's test:

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A Torrey straight that I had to do a little work to save, honed up with the olive Arkansas. I couldn't resist the urge to play with that big Yellow Nagura some, so I...

Yes, its a newly mined standard 175 x 50 coticule from Ardennes. I think gravel road is probably close to what it felt like to draw a blade across it. Or perhaps more accurately, like drawing a blade...

Final results of the day's polishing, olive Arkansas:

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And grey Arkansas:

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I think it's safe to say these puppies are as ready as they're gonna get to put an edge on a blade.

I suppose I've been lucky with mine as well. My Cnat is a great finisher, when I bought a Jnat I picke up a Shoubudani. Unbeknownst to me the newer ones are hit & miss, but mine seems to be a solid...

I will say this about DrMatt's videos, they did help. As I tested and tinkered with my stone I worked in some of the techniques, and they did improve the results I was getting. So they are helpful,...

Yep, I've seen those. Right up to his problem coticule video. They didn't seem to apply to my coticule, even running water was no joy.

Hmmm, interesting. I think you may be the first person I've seen say that about the Chosera 1K. Slightly off topic, but can I ask why?

My coticule falls under the impulse buy category. Got a...

And at long last, 2 monster Arkansas stones flattened, polished up to a Kuromaku 12K stone, and ready to meet the buffing wheel tomorrow:

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Small side bonus that the little Jnat...

1 part legitimate question, 1 part tongue in cheek jab at having 3 different classifications for 99% Silica that has a density of +2.50. See here, Black stone:

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Which has a small amount...

Yeah. Fortunately the only variation here at the end of the day is color. It's all Novaculite, 99% Silica. It may not look like that solid uniform grey translucent stone. But I bet it will perform...

The left side toward the small grey band lets light travel pretty freely through the stone. Looks kinda cool, I have a green translucent stone!

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I kinda like how the light...

I needed to take 5 from lapping the stuffing out of that big old translucent tonight. I'm at about 220 grit SiC (also working up the Jnat cause it's small & easy, but who cares about that little...

I suppose you already know but it can be done water only with a Soft or a Washita too.

I just like playing with slurry. I kind of have a ghetto Nagura system going on. Coticule rubbing stone for...

I've got Soft & Hard stones too. Whether or not I'll use them for bevels is case dependent. New acquisitions get taken straight to synthetics.

But I've done a few that needed minor resets and...

Don't I know it. More of my small treasure trove of Arkanstones:

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Believe it or not, the little black one, and that banded brown one are both translucents. Those two are flattened,...

So I got this 12 x 2.5 x 1 Translucent monster in a lot on Ebay awfully cheap. It's been sitting around for months just for the fact that I haven't had the will power to flatten it. I started to put...