Originally Posted by
DaveW
the HHT in my video shouldn't be seen as a good indicator of the potential of the jasper as a burnisher, either...I'm sure some folks will watch that and say "what's so great about it?"
What's great about it is that it makes an edge that's pretty sharp but not harsh. It's a cheap thing to experiment with, too, just be choosy about what you get and make sure it's real jasper. Travertine and some other types of stuff that look like jasper can be too soft and too coarse.
Total cost for my two owyhee slabs was somewhere around $20. They are fun to play with and do have some potential.