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Interesting! Is there enough oil still clinging to the stone after you add soapy water, that your razor blade gets oily? If so, what is your cleaning process for removing the oil from the blade? I...

Thanks for the tip! I will try it with a couple of grungy old stones that are too dirty to let near my razors.

Arkansas stones can be used with oil or water, but once you use oil, you are pretty much stuck with oil. It is very hard to remove. And they are sooo slow.

Nice trio of Arkansas stones, and larger than usual, too!
I tried another experiment with my large surgical black Arkansas, to see if I could speed up it's action. I rubbed it with a piece of...

At this point I need to give credit to Tim Zowada, who made my Damascus razor. It is uniquely beautiful, and was the only razor in my collection I felt would look natural lying on that chunk of...

I have decided that Arkansas hones are too slow and waste my time, but wanted to post a picture of this king sized example of a translucent hone. It was hell to lap, but works on knives and razors....