Quote Originally Posted by wsfarrell View Post
I don't want to put words in grizzley's mouth, but I too would like to see a bunch of "new" naturals like the Chinese 12k. That stone has been around for > 5 years, it's cheap, and it works. The costs of producing it must be fairly low, and I'll bet there are deposits like this in other places where production costs are low (India, for example). I understand that it would be cost-prohibitive to open a new novaculite mine in (say) Tennessee, but an Indian 8k would be very interesting...
Thanks -thats exactly what I ment ,although I put two thoughts in the same post,There must be some deposites that arent being used,and the barber hones are a different matter,I dont see them being that expencive to reproduce,If you know what they used in the first place