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In the last episode of "Surgical Black Arkansas", we left Croaker after he had honed his trusty razor for 200 passes on a superfine surgical black Arkansas 8X3 stone, then stropped lustily for 50...

What I have learned from this interesting thread is that I have been thinking of grit and hardness of a hone interchangeably, when actually they are not at all the same thing. A fine grit hone will...

Good thought, crazycliff. I just got the translucent Arkansas stone out again, dark lines still on it, and was able to rub them off with my finger. Underneath both dark lines were faint white ones,...

I agree with you that a coticule and a Swaty could be pretty much all you needed....most of the time. There are some troublesome razors that need something else to get them shave ready, and that...

OK, Science Time! (or my best version of it)
I did some experiments and took photos. First, I rubbed a Chinese 12k on my Black Arkansas under running water. No type of slurry developed, both stones...

Olivia,
I am not advising that the black Arkansas stone be added to anyone's honing series, but it did indeed help the edge on 2 razors I experimented with. Oddly enough, I used lather on the stone...

I sometimes finish with a 8 X 3 black surgical Arkansas stone. It is a really sl000000000000wwwwww finisher, but appreciably increases the sharpness of the blade after honing on a coticule. For an...