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I've been slowly working on sealing my Jnat, and I'm happy with the progress so far. There are some photos of the stone after 2 coats of urushi.

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Sorry I always forget...

I was wondering if it would be a good idea to cut up the tomo into smaller pieces. I also want to give a piece to @ibsenheck. I’m convinced!!

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I bought this Aiiwatani from JNS last week, it arrived yesterday. Nice big stone (8" x 2.5" x 1+"), but a little bit on the plain side apart from the kawa on the back. I want it...

Steve56 is right, it’s to seal a Jnat (I’ll be posting to the Jnat Club thread soon). There are many ways to do it, but urushi is the traditional way - cashew lacquer very closely replicates the...

In case anyone is interested: in my search for cashew lacquer, I stumbled upon a source for urushi in Canada. It's a Toronto-based artist who imports it from Japan on a regular basis.

I'm not certain this is the correct place for this inquiry, so admins feel free to move it to the appropriate place.

I'm wondering if any of you Canadians know of a source for cashew lacquer...