Ka bar Genuine Arkansas Oilstone

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Ray5118

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I should have posted here from the start.

I have a "Ka Bar Genuine Arkansas Oilstone" in a fitted (cedar?) wood box, marked 1359
Dark gray color
Had it for at least 25 years, it was a "used" gift so I never had any of the paperwork that comes with new products
I have been using it for fine honing, and seems to do the job.

Does anyone recognize this oilstone? and could they provide any details about it?

Thanks
Ray
 
Ray5118 said:
I should have posted here from the start.

I have a "Ka Bar Genuine Arkansas Oilstone" in a fitted (cedar?) wood box, marked 1359
Dark gray color
Had it for at least 25 years, it was a "used" gift so I never had any of the paperwork that comes with new products
I have been using it for fine honing, and seems to do the job.

Does anyone recognize this oilstone? and could they provide any details about it?

Thanks
Ray
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Ray, if you got some pics, it might help ID it, if not, I will ask Toooj about it tomorrow. I likes me some old stones, for sure.

Moose
 
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Thanks Ray. I haven't been able to dig up anything yet, but The Toooj will know something. I'll call him tomorrow and make sure he posts up something for you.

Moose
 
Ray,

Not totally sure but that stone looks like it was OEMed by Smith's. They manufacture Arkansas stones not only under their own name but also for many companys. I have a Buck Labeled Stone from the same era that looks exactly like your KA-BAR package.
If anyone knows differently, please chime in.

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
 
I'm a little rusty on Ark stones but that looks more like a medium grit maybe in the 600-1000 range. Any chance of a edge close-up after sharpening?
 
Your first post was on a 7 year old thread that ended 5 years ago. Nobody knew then or now what the grits are. Not much interest I guess. Welcome to the forum.
 
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chuck bouchard said:
i have a K A BAR combo oilstone 1356 and have no idea what the grits are
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chuck bouchard said:
always love no reply on a forum.....nice job
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Tanker 1/66 said:
Your first post was on a 7 year old thread that ended 5 years ago. Nobody knew then or now what the grits are. Not much interest I guess. Welcome to the forum.
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^ What Tanker said, also, Arkansas stones don't go by "grit"... they are classed as soft, medium, hard, proceeding to translucent and surgical black. They can sometimes be put into grit ranges, but those are only approximate. A hard Ark stone could be close to 1000 grit, 1200 grit, or even as high as 2000. You have to sharpen the edge on one and see how it turns out to approximate where in the "grit range" the stone falls.

A dual sided stone like that is likely to be a Soft on one side and a Hard on the other. Figure 600-800 for the Soft, and 800-1200 for the Hard... probably. Like I said, only way to know is to see how aggressively they cut.

And no more Zombie-threads.
 
JasonJ said:
^ What Tanker said, also, Arkansas stones don't go by "grit"... they are classed as soft, medium, hard, proceeding to translucent and surgical black. They can sometimes be put into grit ranges, but those are only approximate. A hard Ark stone could be close to 1000 grit, 1200 grit, or even as high as 2000. You have to sharpen the edge on one and see how it turns out to approximate where in the "grit range" the stone falls.

A dual sided stone like that is likely to be a Soft on one side and a Hard on the other. Figure 600-800 for the Soft, and 800-1200 for the Hard... probably. Like I said, only way to know is to see how aggressively they cut.

And no more Zombie-threads.
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Great information. Thanks for posting:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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