I've been wanting an ark for a while now. Mark sent me a pm last week titled "I think I found you a good one", and that he did. (Thanks mark!). It's 8 inches long and just under 2 wide. It had some brown spots when it arrived that went away quickly in a simple green bath. It's dead flat, but not quite razor ready. Label on box says norton hard Arkansas, original Pike quality. I'm pretty pumped about it and will update as I get the surface broken in. Here's some before and afters