Oh no, not another sharpening thread, but as this seems to be the week for sharpening threads I'll add another.
I use natural stones for polishing as do a couple of other Creekers but from reading some of the sharpening posts I suspect most use synthetic water stones for polishing their chisels and cutters. My question is several fold: First is the simple one, do you use synthetic water stones or natural stones like Arkansas oil stones or JNATs for polishing your cutters?
The second question is why do you use the one you use?
I'll start:
I use either a Hard Surgical Black Arkansas oil stone or a medium hard JNAT to polish. The reason is from experience and having examined a range of polished chisels and plane cutters the surface left by a natural stone is smoother than that left by the synthetic stones I've used.
Again there is no correct answer, I'm just curious what folks use and why.
As always YMMV.
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