Thursday, March 21, 2013
Still alive and what happens to blogspot, answer to comments?
It's been well, 5 years since I didn't write anything on my blog, 5 years during which I kept in touch with woodworking, Japanese, Taiwanese and western style, sharpening, but some personal troubles kept me from investing myself into what I like to do.
Troubles are behind for the moment, and I hope they remain there.
I see some comments on my posts but can't find out how to reply, I only have the option to mark them as spam, delete them or remove the content! And blogspot is now in mandarin since I am writing from Taiwan! Moreover I received no email notification about the posted comments. I'm quite unhappy about this. I used to be notified when a comment was posted, but in 5years things may have changed in the way blogspot works.
I sincerely apologize to those of you who asked questions, and I thank those of you who found the few posts on this blog interesting. I'll try to address the comments:
Chris and JimR: About the black stone: they are quarried in Taiwan, or were, as my understanding is that they are over 50yrs old. They were only available from local hardware stores near where I live, hidden on a shelf in a corner, as almost no one has any interest into these stones. They are not perfect in shape (may have been chipped) but I find them very interesting to use. They are very very hard, but with a preparation with a nagura or better a diamond stone, they produce a fine slurry which makes the stone much more pleasant to use. I gave one to the boss of Kezurokai (Mr Sugimura) back in 2010 and one to a good friend of mine, so I have only one left for myself. I don't know if they are still available but if you are interested I can check. Let me know (hinokidotkuaimuatgmaildotcom where, dot = . and at = @)
Mark: about tools for making shoji: I'm afraid I am not able to sell any tool for the moment, but you can order from several tool shop in Europe (big one in Germany: more than tools.com but expensive, some in the USA, in the UK I am sure you can find what you need). James: about a link to your friend's shop: yes, why not!
Tibor Hegedüs: about quotation on timber and veneer. I don't have connection with wood wholesaler, sorry.
Karl Holtey: thank you for your encouragement. I am back and will post more indeed.
I see some comments on my posts but can't find out how to reply, I only have the option to mark them as spam, delete them or remove the content! And blogspot is now in mandarin since I am writing from Taiwan! Moreover I received no email notification about the posted comments. I'm quite unhappy about this. I used to be notified when a comment was posted, but in 5years things may have changed in the way blogspot works.
I sincerely apologize to those of you who asked questions, and I thank those of you who found the few posts on this blog interesting. I'll try to address the comments:
Chris and JimR: About the black stone: they are quarried in Taiwan, or were, as my understanding is that they are over 50yrs old. They were only available from local hardware stores near where I live, hidden on a shelf in a corner, as almost no one has any interest into these stones. They are not perfect in shape (may have been chipped) but I find them very interesting to use. They are very very hard, but with a preparation with a nagura or better a diamond stone, they produce a fine slurry which makes the stone much more pleasant to use. I gave one to the boss of Kezurokai (Mr Sugimura) back in 2010 and one to a good friend of mine, so I have only one left for myself. I don't know if they are still available but if you are interested I can check. Let me know (hinokidotkuaimuatgmaildotcom where, dot = . and at = @)
Mark: about tools for making shoji: I'm afraid I am not able to sell any tool for the moment, but you can order from several tool shop in Europe (big one in Germany: more than tools.com but expensive, some in the USA, in the UK I am sure you can find what you need). James: about a link to your friend's shop: yes, why not!
Tibor Hegedüs: about quotation on timber and veneer. I don't have connection with wood wholesaler, sorry.
Karl Holtey: thank you for your encouragement. I am back and will post more indeed.
# posted by L.A. @ 10:34 PM 
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What a surprise! I know you haven't been posting since forever, still I added your blog in my reader. As for the comment problem, did you try http://www.blogger.com/home? You can find settings of your blog over there. If you have any questions regarding mandarin feel free to ask me since I am a Taiwanese. Glad to see you back!
Today is the first time I've heard of your site. So I'm very happy you're back, though I didn't even know you were gone, lol.
I'm very much looking forward to your future posts. And sometime, when I have some free time, I'll try to go through your archive.
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I'm very much looking forward to your future posts. And sometime, when I have some free time, I'll try to go through your archive.
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