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Thanks guys for the suggestions.

I cleaned out my soft ark last night with a Brillo pad and some mineral spirits. Completely unclogged the hone after a quick session my read is the cutting power...

I'm in the market for a heavy lifting chip remover.
Think a soft ark can fit the bill? Lapped, say, 80 or 60 sic? Maybe I should check out flea-pay for a washita? How do you lap the stone, for chip...

Ah man that's awesome, congrats on a good shave and good honing job.

I'm glad I reached out on this thread — I can confirm the coticule slurry really filled in those pores. I actually forgot to...

So, just to update this whole thing....

I've noticed soft arks, at least, mine, tends to clog and glaze VERY quickly, to the point where it wouldn't cut as fast. It's as if the minute I took a...

not even with a pocket soft arkansas to use as a rubber? Bummer. O well. Back to the drawing board...

eh.... couldn't you just run a soft-ark slurry on a black ark and use it PHIG style?

As in... coticule dilucot, then black ark slurry to finish? Wouldn't that work too?

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Well, today I received my Soft Arkansas stone, 6 x 3, from Dan's Whetstone. It came in a wooden box that fit perfectly. The customer service, before I continue, was top notch....

What should we call this? Coticule slurry on Arkansas method...

Arkenstein?

Article?

The Black Mamba?

Malarky?

judging by hot trending wet shaving trends, this wave of inspiration should last a SOLID two weeks (well deserved), at which point in time someone will figure out how to tweek a razor's finish on...

Cotis no longer needed. It's all about the ARTICLE.

im über excited to hear about this. I have HAD HARD right now. I would LOVE to see how a la veinette slurry flies on a black.

I never got a great edge off a coticule and this method gave me some fear about naturals.

My understanding originally was you can use a black arkansas and run a "dilucot" (whatever that method...