Thank's ekrets,JP5,Dieseld,Steve56, Coachmike it is in fact my intentions to share about how I found this stone and my shock of how much it weighed.
Not sure how it turned to me hyping them to sell. I did say that he did not ship to the U.S.and all the stones I posted pictures were sold and are just to show that they looked like Amakusas. Sorry If you took it that way but I am no salesman.Lol!
No road dirrectly to the quarry is what I stated not the whole town! Only accesible by trail i'm sure most understood that. I dont know where no roads in the whole town came from?
The Chef is actually has two degrees from culinary institutions and has worked at a couple of highend restaurants. Not sure why u talk bad about him? He has some skills!
The rockhound(wild collector)is just a enthusiest just like me and since he had the only three stones from Mexico that I know of I mentioned his opinion about them. He has experience and can compare them.
I actualy tried for this thread not to have a sales pitch vibe and if I failed please excuse me those are my furthest intentions just sharing a story of how I came upon a 57lbs sharpening stone, and my getting as much information on it and sharing with this wonderful group of gentlemen that have given me so much in their sharing of what they know.
Stay Cool everybody,
Israel