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    does anybody know where the distributor of the Chinese 12k natural stones are in china. a link or email or phone number of the distributor would be great. thanks

    a link to the stone in woodcraft, Buy Natural Polishing Water Stone, Water Stones - Woodcraft.com, but i need to buy bulk hence i need the distributor.

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    and how about a distributor in Canada.... priced out a Chinese 12 (Woodcraft site) and over $80 shipped... for a $30 stone
    I don't think so Tim...

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    Let us know if you find the distributor, Gilead. I've searched a bit and have not found it myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris L View Post
    Let us know if you find the distributor, Gilead. I've searched a bit and have not found it myself.

    Chris L
    thanks Chris, i have been searching for a while myself, but with not much luck.
    i will let you know when i find it.

    maybe you have some other links for good dark blue and yellow green stones.

    thanks

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    Hi gilead,

    This is I think the contact information you were looking for:

    More information on their website. Let us know if my lead is correct, and if your bussiness is succesfull!


    For those interested, this is how I found them:

    Browsing this forum as a newbie, I came across your question and it seemed like a nice little puzzle to divert my attention from razors (my is SRP addictive!) and brush up my kanji-knowledge. First, I tried to find a picture of the packaging of the stones. Then I tried to read and reproduce the characters: "天然水磨石" (tien ran shui mo shi - natural polishing stone) and "廣西" (guang xi - traditional form for 广西 Guanxi). Search on that brought me (eventually) to another picture of the stone, this time showing parts of a leaflet underneath. The words 'company overview' are just visible. Magnification of the bit below this promising caption revealed part of the company name "... Kong Wah Tat (Tai?)... Tools & Hardware Ltd.". Some googling showed Kong probably to belong to Hong Kong, and the Tat/i most likely to be Tat. I didn't get very far with this; apparently, there a quite a number of companies named Wah Tat. I tried with the Chinese too ("華達", "香港" for Wah Tat and Hongkong) , leading me to numerous addresses but without a clear hit. Thinking I might be making this needlessly difficult, I started anew with just the two keywords "wah tat" and "tools & hardware". Bingo! The very first Google hit solved the problem.
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    Great detective work! I don't see mention of any sharpening stones on their site, but that would just add an additional sleuthing by contacting them.

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    Thanks Chris for your help,
    i got one of these 12k stones the other day and unfortunately iti didn't meet the quality of stone i am after.
    i was relying on all the good posts i read about it in different forums, but when i got it in my hand and used it, i was very disappointed with the way it worked.
    very slow and the stone is also very dirty there is a lot of metal or other stuff in there.

    but i do appreciate your help.
    Thank you
    Gilead

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    Metal or other stuff? I don't get what you mean. Did you lap the stone flat and smooth? I'll give you slow, but you can speed things up a bit if you create a light slurry and hone the first half of your passes with water and slurry and the last half with plain water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldengaerde View Post
    Hi gilead,

    This is I think the contact information you were looking for:

    More information on their website. Let us know if my lead is correct, and if your bussiness is succesfull!


    For those interested, this is how I found them:

    Browsing this forum as a newbie, I came across your question and it seemed like a nice little puzzle to divert my attention from razors (my is SRP addictive!) and brush up my kanji-knowledge. First, I tried to find a picture of the packaging of the stones. Then I tried to read and reproduce the characters: "天然水磨石" (tien ran shui mo shi - natural polishing stone) and "廣西" (guang xi - traditional form for 广西 Guanxi). Search on that brought me (eventually) to another picture of the stone, this time showing parts of a leaflet underneath. The words 'company overview' are just visible. Magnification of the bit below this promising caption revealed part of the company name "... Kong Wah Tat (Tai?)... Tools & Hardware Ltd.". Some googling showed Kong probably to belong to Hong Kong, and the Tat/i most likely to be Tat. I didn't get very far with this; apparently, there a quite a number of companies named Wah Tat. I tried with the Chinese too ("華達", "香港" for Wah Tat and Hongkong) , leading me to numerous addresses but without a clear hit. Thinking I might be making this needlessly difficult, I started anew with just the two keywords "wah tat" and "tools & hardware". Bingo! The very first Google hit solved the problem.

    Mmmm....Linguistic detective work. I'd buy that for a dollar!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris L View Post
    Metal or other stuff? I don't get what you mean. Did you lap the stone flat and smooth? I'll give you slow, but you can speed things up a bit if you create a light slurry and hone the first half of your passes with water and slurry and the last half with plain water.

    Chris L
    i semi lapped it,

    i am getting my DMT in a week, i will do a better job then.

    i will post my results

    gilead

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