Originally Posted by
cosperryan
Why would you do that. Have you even tried it yet? Its a natural, they vary, thats what they do. You know I have a coticule that is so smooth it makes butter jealous, then I have a coticule that is courser than the BBW side of it. Do I regret buying it. No I do not. It is still a very useful stone. When I bought my Chinese stone, I was apprehensive about its capabilities. Everyone described the indicators of a bad stone and mine seemed to have all those qualities. Did I turn it around and sell it? No I figured out a place for it in my progression. Then guess what after a while I finally figured out how to truly use it. Its not a bad stone at all. It rivals my best finisher. Did I have to buy 4 of them to find the best one? No, I got lucky and got a good one even though I didn't know it at first. Not saying your is crap or not but don't assume the stone is crap just because some one else said they vary in quality and the one he got from wood craft sucked. It doesn't mean yours sucks. You have to try for yourself before you can say whether its crap or not. Then that too even depends on variables. Maybe it won't work for you but maybe for someone else they can get it too work because their skill is different.
People always go on about the JNATs too. Do you know how often those things vary from one extreme to the next? A stupid amount. Coticules too. Yet people are always buying them praising them too.
Natural hone threads are all the same just with a different name.