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In Memoriam Comment by A. G. Russell on May 16, 2011 at 8:37

Sorry Halicon, I am not sure that you understand just what novaculite is.  Novaculite is a very fine quartze like material that is found on the surface of the earth onln in a very small area from central Arkansas into eastern Oklahoma, it is also found at below 3,000 in oil drill cores in west Texas..  A new Arkansas stone can be used with either oil or water, once oil is used water will not work.   India Stone® is a man made material that is made from aluminum oxide and is made to contain oil so it cannot be used with water.

 

Oil has nothing to do with the break down of particles, what oil does is float the particles of steel out of the surface of the stone, water does the same thing but less well.

 

Comment by Halicon on May 14, 2011 at 1:23

Technically, oil is only used for the stones that water don't work with, hence you use oil which aids in breaking down the particles. Novaculite is the reason of this and it's what makes up India stones, Arkansas, Charnley Forest (very very fine oil stone but works with water too) and so on. Novaculite is the reason why we have to use oil on those stones.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on May 12, 2011 at 13:07

I'd like to ask you guys a question. Is there one brand of honing oil better than the rest or is there some brands to stay away from? What's the deal with honing oils?

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