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Yes, that's pretty much on the money O_S. These stones are a lottery, which is why I've never offered to get them for people generally, even though they are relatively cheap.

The guys who sell...

That's good to know Klaus - I started getting confused because I thought mine was at least 8K, or behaved that way, but Bruno's didn't, and So thought it was no good for razors etc... Then I used it...

Two of the stones at the shop were painted - one had a yellowish lacquer around the sides and another had a black paint-like substance. The black painted one turned out to be from Taiwan - apparently...

Thanks Bruno. So's reply is interesting - I've got no experience with Japanese naturals other than these stones. The one I posted pics of seems very hard to me, but perhaps it's not in relation to...

Well, I used this stone this morning. I've got a bit of learning to do to get the best out of it I think, but got some reasonable results nonetheless.

It's definitely a hard and slow stone. It's...

Thanks OLD_SCHOOL - I really appreciate you and your wife taking the time to check this out for me.

Now I'll just have to try it out - I'll let you know how it goes.

James.

LOL! That *would* be cool! At one stage I was going to tattoo the analytically intractable integral I solved for my thesis across my chest, but decided against it. My thesis caused me enough pain.......

Thanks Doc :tu - I'll give him a PM.

James.

Hey, thanks heaps windcalmer. Appreciate it :bow

LOL!! Actually, that's not a Kanji tattoo - it's Pi (3.1415.....) At some point in the future I'm going to get the actual number to about 50-60...

Ran across a place over the weekend selling natural Japanese waterstones - the previous owner had bought them in Japan, but this guy couldn't read Japanese and didn't know anything about them. He...