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The hard select Arkansas whetstone is recommended when you want to sharpen knives and tools more delicately.
● This is an alkansas with a specific gravity of 2.30-2.45, which is intermediate among our alkansases. This whetstone often comes in various colors. ● Since it is cut from nature, you cannot specify the size, mesh, or color. Please choose from the item number.
Natural whetstone produced in Arkansas, United States, boasting world-class quality.
Arkansas stones are natural sharpening stones produced in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, United States. This raw material is called novaculite, a sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline quartz, recognized as a type of chert that has recrystallized, and it consists of over 99 percent pure silica. Novaculite is a sharpening stone that is almost nonexistent outside the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, making it the finest polishing stone in the world. **Grades of Arkansas Stones** Soft Arkansas Stone (medium grit, specific gravity 2.25–2.30) Hard Select Arkansas Stone (fine grit, specific gravity 2.30-2.45) True Hard Arkansas Stone (extra fine grit, specific gravity 2.5 or higher) Black Hard Arkansas Stone (extra fine grit, specific gravity 2.5 or higher) Translucent Hard Arkansas Stone (extra fine grit, specific gravity 2.5 or higher) Arkansas stones and novaculite are classified by specific gravity rather than grain size.
The most popular whetstone among the grades of Novaculite. It is suitable for customers who want to sharpen knives and tools quickly.
● A versatile whetstone mainly used by sculptors, outdoor sports enthusiasts, butchers, commercial knife sharpeners, and housewives. ● The color of the soft Alcanthus whetstone is often white, gray and black, or pink and gray. ● It is the thinnest Alcanthus whetstone with the lowest specific gravity density. The whetstone has various mixed colors. ● Since it is cut from nature, you cannot specify the size, mesh, color, etc. Please choose from the product numbers.
