Description: This stone’s got some wild coloration, and if I didn’t know better I'd swear I’m looking at heavily oxidized metal that’s percolated through the Swiss cheese surface which is a Soft Arkansas stone, except that I bought this many years ago from The Natural Whetstone Company and never honed with it, though I did once try using it as a rubbing stone for a bench stone Soft Ark, together with Ballistol. We have here a ~1x3x0.5″ stone which has been formed diligently to have an ellipse on one ~1×3″ surface, an ellipse that’s shaped 6.5’Ø down the 3″ length and 25’Ø across the 1″ width. This can be used stone-in-hand for a wicked good bevel-concaving hone. Arkansas stone convexing, and I’ve done more than anyone on this planet I would have to imagine, takes on its own parallelism between the ellipse you’re carving and the bench stone; you can face your stone perfectly without yaw to your shaping reference, but densities being varied in a natural stone, nature takes its course the way a river meanders, and what we have here is a great surface but it isn’t quite parallel to the other 1×3″ facet; thus, this little stone’s thicker on one side than the other side 0.8mm, which is enough to sense with your naked eye. Also, I bonked a corner when I was carving in this shape, I did smooth it off reasonably but you’ll be stuck with that eyesore for your show-and-tell of this extreme unobtanium. Mostly what you’re paying for is my labor to carve in this shape, and you’re paying very little vs the time, believe me when I tell you that’s a miserable task! Soft Arkansas stone, once shaped as an elliptical sharpening tool, will likely never need geometric reshaping in your lifetime. They wear remarkably well in regards to keeping shape, the high spot's always found. I do prefer a less smooth surface than will be created on the pitch after a long use, myself, so I like to keep a little diamonds sandpaper flexible sheet for redressing the surface. But others may like the extra fine feel of a highly polished soft Arkansas stone; there's no right or wrong answer.
Price: 31 USD
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
End Time: 2024-10-13T18:10:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: 1x3
Featured Refinements: Razor Hone
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: Yes
