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My general impression (and understand that I too am a newbie, and have only taken a couple of quick test strokes over these stones) is that the slate, despite the very smooth feel, is quite coarse in...

So, would you say that the Arkansas is probably about the same general effect as the Norton 8000? Although I believe it would cut slower. Most posters on here seem to prefer a finer stone for...

It certainly seems to be a translucent Arkansas; the ebay notice describes it as 6000-8000 grit. It seems fine to me, but I haven't done a test hone with mine yet (I bought it for my son, who is...