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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days agoKnife hipsters: You must spend £200 on these whetstones!
Me: Haha, £1.50 roof tile.
Shame I don’t live near anywhere to get slate or another suitable rock type, would be a few hundred miles away. The rock here is rather crumbly sedimentary rock from what I have seen. Slate coasters could be dual purpose.
Krudler@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Now you’ve got me wondering what kind of materials are cheap as hell, come flat out of the production line, and are still more durable than the steel you’re sharpening.
This whole convo has got me thinking!
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
Well that is why I thought slate tiles. Really any kind of tile is fairly cheap per unit and they are mass produced with the expectation that most people are buying them in larger quantities than 1. I would doubt you can go much cheaper than that unless you are just taking stone and working it yourself, but then you are going to want a lot more tools.
Krudler@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Oh yes, I didn’t say it but I agree with your idea of slate, I personally would love to try it even though I know that will never happen!
I suppose what I meant is, in my experience, there are so many different materials made for so many different industries… a lot of times one exists already for extremely cheap in a place you just wouldn’t think to look.