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Thanks.

(In my best Ed McMahon) "You are correct sir!" They are not cracks. Natural veins where some material was injected into the creamy yellow coticule layer.




Three layers - the creamy...

Those veins running through the rock are just that. No cracks. They do not affect the honing in any way. The surface has a mirror finish when held at a certain angle.

I think there are other posts...

I went the other route. HAD hit me hard and I decided to buy stones first and get the razors later.

Only problem is, I can't stop buying rocks! Received my first J-Nat today. A Nakayama Honyama...

Here is a magnified picture of the surface through an Agfa 8X lupe.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/ginkorin/DSCN6208.jpg

I won this rock on Fleabay some time ago and thought I would share it with all of you rock nuts.

It was difficult to tell if it was a coticule or any other type of valuable hone from the...