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01-05-2009, 06:43 AM #1
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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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01-05-2009, 02:48 PM #2
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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01-05-2009, 06:08 PM #3
Let us know if you find the distributor, Gilead. I've searched a bit and have not found it myself.
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
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01-06-2009, 06:50 AM #4
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01-14-2009, 08:42 PM #5
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.Last edited by Oldengaerde; 01-14-2009 at 08:43 PM. Reason: spelling
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01-14-2009, 09:14 PM #6
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.
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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01-15-2009, 06:45 AM #7
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Thanked: 0Thanks 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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01-15-2009, 11:53 AM #8
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"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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01-15-2009, 12:29 PM #9
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01-16-2009, 06:05 AM #10
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