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    Working with Older Stones, Some Help
    ALEX
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Working with Older Stones, Some Help

    Posted on September 30, 2011 When dealing with stones that have no ink stamps it is nice to have some reference points to go back to. I a...
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    ALEX
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Soaking Japanese Natural Awasedo, yes vs no

    Posted on October 6, 2011 I have been asked about soaking natural japanese sharpening stones in water before use. Although this is just a...
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    ALEX
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    A little bit about color stones and stratas

    Posted on January 20, 2013 There are 2 main types of layers in the Kyoto mines, and each type contains several varieties of stone. The To...
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