You mean Arkansas whetstone? Somewhere around here I still have some raw chunks of that stuff, from a time when I thought I might try flintknapping. . .
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What else? Obviously the revered arkansas natural oil stones. Beside the “belgischer Brocken” one of the two most important whetstones in history. That and maybe the Japanese ones.
It's Novaculite. Most Texans don't know how to spell it, so call it Arkansas stone.
@Cloud of Sawdust Farms, I have about 4-500 pounds of it for knapping, but it's gotta be heat treated first, upwards of 8-900 degrees. .......... Nubs
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I hired this guy for 3 days to mill as much lumber as we could. We ran it eight hours a day. The mill is a dimensional mill It runs a 50 HP volkswagon motor. It has a horizontal blade and a vertical blade. The log is loaded and you set the width of the cut and the depth of the cut. Push the start button. The log is pushed into place and and it cuts the board. It then pushes the the board of the saw and you grab the board and run it to where you are stacking it. Then run back and grab the next board. In some of the pictures you will see my son. He was about eight years old at the time. The guy running the mill showed him how to set the mill up and the had him run a few cuts.
I know. The “belgischer Brocken” contains tiny garnets. 6000-8000 grit JIS. Novaculite is similar if it is a black or opaque one.
Welcome Rick. I like your boxes esp 069- Love the flow. Good bunch of folks here but it might be easier to ignore the Austrians than Texans - only one of them. 
Jim
JimWell only one spouts words of wisdom. (For either side) now I guess you can fight for which of you spouts wisdom.Welcome Rick. I like your boxes esp 069- Love the flow. Good bunch of folks here but it might be easier to ignore the Austrians than Texans - only one of them.
Man, those are some very nice boxes. I haven't made any purdy ones - just functioning ones - and it's been quite a few years on those. I've got a few pieces of wood laying around, that I'm sawing up for boxes when I retire.
BTW - welcome from Middle Tennessee!!!
Man, I love those black ones. Scalpel sharp! Probably the only dude that went looking for Ouachita stones on their honeymoon!
They are called surgical black. I still like my Shaptons though. I don’t really like oil stones. Waterstones feel cleaner.
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I am sorry for the delay, I thought I posted this but I see I didn't. It is a dimensional mill. 50 HP VW motor, 2 blades with one being vertical and one being horizontal. Set the width and depth of the cut. Push the start button and it pushes the log into position then cuts a square board. Blades go back and the board drops onto the bed and is then pushed off the bed.
Welcome to WoodBarter. Nice work.
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I absolutely love holly. When highly polished it looks just like ivory. I have a small stash of it from when a neighbor cut down his tree.
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That box is my favorite. Everybody who see's it wants it. I have made a smaller one and still have it. I also made a large one but no one really liked it. There is something about the size and feel of box 069. I recently did something like that box. It is nice but the feel is not the same.Welcome Rick. I like your boxes esp 069- Love the flow. Good bunch of folks here but it might be easier to ignore the Austrians than Texans - only one of them.
Man, you've made some boxes outta some purdy wood! I'm partial to 035 - there's just something about crotch walnut I like. Also partial to 058 - have a piece of koa that is similar!
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I made box 035 for my wife. Funny thing is she never used it, I did use it for a template and made another out of figured Maple recently.
I do like Koa myself, Years ago when I was in Hawaii; I met a guy who has a license to mill Koa. After Hours of talking story; he gave me some amazing pieces he had hidden away, Every couple of years our whole family goes there and I have gone up to buy wood from him, It has been a long time now but this year I am going to see if I can find the mill again
I do like Koa myself, Years ago when I was in Hawaii; I met a guy who has a license to mill Koa. After Hours of talking story; he gave me some amazing pieces he had hidden away, Every couple of years our whole family goes there and I have gone up to buy wood from him, It has been a long time now but this year I am going to see if I can find the mill again
Howdy Rick, welcome to the club....
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Thank you. I am liking this forum.