"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On 4 Feb 2005 13:28:09 -0800, wrote:

(I'd like to hear from people who do this what they use, as base and
adhesive.)

Natural Japanese stones, sawn into few mm slices, and laid (unglued)
on a springy wooden lath (mine is lime). Really thin sections get a
coat of lacquer to hold them together.
http://www.namikawa-ltd.co.jp/cgi-bi...i?cate=9&no=47

--
Smert' spamionam

Certainly, but you don't sharpen your chisels or planes with jizuya. Those
are to give a polish to a sword.
Also, I think that they are traditionally split from a stone and then
flattened on stones, not sawn.

-j