My wife, Carol, and I have been in the secondhandtool business for 30 plus years; we are now semi retired but still have a small website business (www.secondhandtools.co.uk).
What with this and grandparent duties we are still kept pretty busy.

Five or six years ago we had a visit from the late Henk Bos and his wife whom at the time purchased a number of stones from us. Since then we have become interested in natural hones, etc.., and have made quite collection. Carol wants a new kitchen so we have recently put a number of our stones on Ebay (user name: secondhandtools).

We also have a great commitment to the Meningitis Research Foundation as our eldest grandson was very ill at 10 months with this awful disease and to the Autism Society as another grandson has to deal with this condition.