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26-Sep-2002
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OMC. I have ordered a group of cubic zirconias to glue down the side of the stone for shimmering water effect.
Earl, I agree with your assessment of an older looking mountain. The only trouble is, I don't find older mountains that exciting. Yes there are beautiful examples in the world, but this would be a poor example. Robert, I have a special technique for aging the stone. I think grinding it, making it look natural, and aging it will be no problem. The stone is probably serpentine, fairly soft, easy to work with and actually will sand with decreasing grades of wet/dry sandpaper. BTW, After my talk with Joe James, he informed me that almost all stones for export from Japan and China have had extra work done on them to improve their look. After all, if no one tells you, and the work looks good, who would know?
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26-Sep-2002
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Don't let USDA know. They would classify them as "artificially dwarfed mountains" and require a 2000-year quarantine. Regards, Matt 
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26-Sep-2002
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Greybeard
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Maybe there would be some longhorned rock borer that would do the work for me.
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26-Sep-2002
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Al, as you probably know I do not have viewing stones. It does not mean I do not appreciate their beauty. In 2D the rock looks real nice in either of the two pictures you showed us. To be honest, I kind of like it as it is at the moment.
Just the 2 cents of a viewing stone viewer!
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26-Sep-2002
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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Here's one more vote for your virtual. It just seems so much more dramatic.
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26-Sep-2002
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Tree herder
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Al,
my very humble opinion is: yes, the virtual is a smidgeon better, but like Leesa I thought the point with suisuki was to display a natural stone. (Perhaps I miss the point  )Also I would have thought the "extra work" allowed was just touching up and not radical restyling... (again, maybe wrong )I do like the original too, IIWM (if it were mine) I would call it "crouching mouse" Regards,
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26-Sep-2002
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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IIWM, I would call it "Baby with large forehead."
And since I know nothing about the proper way of doing things, I would say, if you believe you can get the rock to look natural after grinding it the way you virt'd, I say go for it. I liked how it looked. The large hump on the original rock is a bit bland.
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