swap piece update!! - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 8:22 PM Gidday. Hard to tell the quality by that pic but the clean-ness of the slabs would suggest decent 'tight' stone. (youll probably find nephrite a bit harder/slower to carve than that Chinese bowenite...) The price seems pretty reasonable. I have heard of NZ stone selling for $250 per pound or more, though more commonly $30-100lb. Your best bet would be to get some British Colombian stone. We can get it here in large amounts for as little as US$10lb. Great quality, perfect for learning with. Hope this helps. T3

Gidday. Hard to tell the quality by that pic but the clean-ness of the slabs would suggest decent 'tight' stone. (youll probably find nephrite a bit harder/slower to carve than that Chinese bowenite...)
The price seems pretty reasonable. I have heard of NZ stone selling for $250 per pound or more, though more commonly $30-100lb. Your best bet would be to get some British Colombian stone. We can get it here in large amounts for as little as US$10lb. Great quality, perfect for learning with.

Hope this helps. T3

Post #257720 by Tamapoutini on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 8:22 PM