Leave me a message !!!!
My friends and longtime customers know that …
· I’m retired and KinesavaROCKS is not a business for me
· A big part of my day is just reading and writing with my computer
When they retire, some people play golf. Some watch sports on TV. Some get involved in an organization, like a charity or a book club. Some go fishing.
I created KinesavaROCKS.
My retirement hobby is to send the agate and jasper that my dad spent half a century picking up on the Utah deserts to people. And I always tell them, “Send me a message. Send me pictures of what you’re doing with the rocks.”
Some people do. I post the pictures and talk about what they’re doing.
Check out the Rock Blog and the Rock Pictures pages. There’s some beautiful stuff there. (Note … My policy is to identify people only by their first name.)
Here’s a secret. The software I use for KinesavaROCKS gives me the ability to see whenever someone is accessing the site, and to see what they’re looking at. But unless you have logged into the site, I can’t see who it is. For example, “Visitor #8098 visited /salina-canyon-wonderstone”.
A lot of rock sites have dozens of individual rocks listed for sale so you can pick and choose from a dozen different chunks of, for example, “Salina Canyon Wonderstone”. I don’t. KinesavaROCKS is not Amazon or Etsy. KinesavaROCKS is a highly personalized site.
I often have only one rock of a “type” listed for sale.
There’s a reason for that, and it’s not that I only have one rock. For example, my dad collected A LOT of Salina Canyon Wonderstone. I might have more than 99% of the rockhounds out there. The reason I only list one is that I’m hoping to have a dialogue with you about exactly what you’re looking for and what you plan on doing with it. The one listed is mainly there so you know that I have some of that “type” available. If “Visitor #8098” sent me a message – maybe something like, “Gee! That looks like a great rock, but I’m looking for something just a little larger because I’m thinking of displaying it on my bookshelf.” ----I’m probably right there and we could chat about it. I could send pictures of other rocks. You could send pictures of your dog. (My wife loves dogs! A lot of people do send pictures of their dogs.) Trent and I talked about how Lovelock Jasper might be the kind of rock that would make a great whetstone and our conversation turned into a great project.
(BTW … How is that whetstone working out for you, Trent?)
So … Don’t just browse the rocks I have listed for sale. SEND ME A MESSAGE.
And ... I don't "do" Instagram or Facebook or X or any other media site except Reddit. And I only do one relatively unpopular little section in Reddit. I prefer a few quality friends.
Good to hear from you! And thanks for the pics. You DO make some interesting things.. I don't think I recognize any of the rocks in the handles. (Are they rocks?)
I'm glad that the Lovelock Jasper worked out for you! That was a pretty special piece of Lovelock that you used. Most has more swirls and curls. That's great for cabs and other pretty things but maybe not so good for whetstones. So, you probably put it to the best use. Maybe you could use some for a knife handle.
The whetstone works! It's very fine and hard. Doesn't create a lot of slurry when using it, so it's best as a finishing stone after I use my synthetics. I don't often finish with a super high grit as it can make the knife "slip" on smooth foods like tomato skin. A coarser finish adds more "bite" to the edge which allows it to grip and slice easier even if it technically isn't as sharp.
By the way, have you checked out my Instagram lately? I've been making traditional Japanese knife handles and having a blast. Even incorporated some synthetic opal into them as spacers.