Wow you call that a stone. They look like bricks. There hugh. Very nice looking stones.
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Wow you call that a stone. They look like bricks. There hugh. Very nice looking stones.
Not all Tsushima hones are from the sea.
There have been 2 mines in Tsushima.
They are called 山砥 (hone from mountain) and 海砥 (hone from sea).
The hone from mountain is harder and need no protection on the sides. The hone from the mountain is very rare now so many may think that all hones are from sea but it is not true.
I have a rare big hone from the mountains.
To back up what I am writing I put a link to a hone from the sea seller (It is in Japanese but I think you can use google or other translater)
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Jim about amakusa in Japan, you probably have seen this
石の島天草 - 【アパレルプ用品が安い!】縫製 から全国の手作りショップ・個人 んを応援します
but thought I'd post it.
Interestingly enough they make fire places with those stones hehe.
i did test the last stone in The picture.
It is fine stone and slow cutter.
would be the worth having it? i should say yes.
Took me a little longer then i was expecting sorry Mike.
Definitely i could put it same level as escher and you don't have to know whole a lot to use it.
hope this helps
Thanks Sham,
The search continues for an even finer faster stone. That's the problem, you don't know unless you test them side by side. I know looks don't mean a thing when it comes to performance. That's the western mentality. I know there are finer stones out there... hmmmm
Mike
Nice rocks Mike. They look like pavers on steroids.
That Tsushima looks very tempting. It reminds me of an Escher. Can you say if the consistency of the rock is similar to an Escher? Maybe a similar geology.
The JNAT hole is very deep and dark.
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
Love those rocks Mike. That Amakusa sounds like it performs perfectly too :tu