Thread: JNats explained...

This is a Toxic line


Is not something you can really tell from a photo as some lines are not toxic. From this photo you can kinda see it most likely will be toxic though.

This is is what a toxic line produces. (This was not caused by a toxic line but by the layers in the stone. Much the same result though)

I purchased this when i was learning and this was the result. I was actually really lucky with this stone and managed to lap it past the toxic layers (Not lines). Its now a very useful stone.

Toxic line are simply just lines with chunks of hard rock that break off and cause micro chips on the blade. You should call it "unstable particles that break off within line on stone" but toxic is easier.

As for the skin, this is the side of the stone that has NOT been cut, it has a tree bark like look.. or a skin.