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Actually, that wasn't quite what I meant. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

I have a few natural stones: Arkansas translucent, C12k, Dragon's Tongue, and a borrowed Thuringian. I know that with some effort...

Thanks, guys.

I thought Belgian hones were similar to Japanese hones, in that the garnets would break down in the slurry, but now I understand that using slurry with them simply speeds up the...

Sure, but we don't talk about the others the same way. The slurry properties of those two is sort of an integral part of the way they work, right? Just wondering if they're the only two like that.

As far as I've heard, Belgians and Japanese natural hones are the only two hones that make magical slurry (i.e. the slurry contains round garnets, or it's wonderfully frangible, etc.). Do any other...