Ceramic or Arkansas Black

[earl drury]

I'm wanting a finish bench stone. I have the norton multi-stone system but want a finer stone before buffing. Which would be better the white ceramic or the ark. black

[Joel Moskowitz]

THe edge produced by a hard-translucent arkansas stone OR a black arkansas stone followed by stropping with a plain strop is considerable and more consitent than any edge you will get by buffing on a charged wheel.

[Joel Moskowitz]

Oh - forgot to mention - both arkasas stones are finer than any ceramic stone by a lot.

[Gene Collison]

I'm wanting a finish bench stone. I have the norton multi-stone system but want a finer stone before buffing. Which would be better the white ceramic or the ark. black

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I tried a black Arkansas stone to use as a final step. In my opinion it is too fine to be practical for general sharpening of WW tools. I would buy a translucent Arkansas for that last step if you want to use oilstones. YMMV though. :)

Gene