Originally Posted by
JeffE
Anyway, you convinced me. I was all set to start glopping on the urushi tonight, but I'm going to hold out for the Krylon and painter's tape instead.
To answer another question posted here, I bought my 200 ml can of urushi from a vendor on eBay for around $30. He shipped it from Japan, and the can has Japanese warnings and instructions written all over the label that I can't even begin to read. I bought it to coat the sides and base of my Nakayama Asagi stone, which has some nice chisel marks on the base but definitely does NOT have the "skin" like Tim's Kiita. Still, it's an awesome stone to use and gives a wicked edge, so I thought the urushi would make a nice addition to it.