What did you replace your fine India with?

[woodburner807]

Excellent video, Brian, and thanks for posting it. Didn't see the sharpening but the box making was amazing and makes one appreciate the craft of the Natives. Professional in their own way.

[fiddlesticks]

You say slip stones, but it seems you mean smaller than bench stones?

[Brian T]

Who? Me? All the river stones I have are the size of the palm of my hand or bigger, the size of my whole hand.
I've got some slip (little) water stones from Lee Valley. I wish I could recall where I put them in a "safe-place-that-I-will-always-remember."
All my carving wood comes out of the local mountain forests. The sharpening stones come out of the local rivers. Mother Nature has been good to me.
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[Claude]

You say slip stones, but it seems you mean smaller than bench stones?

Sliip stones are generally of a tapered shape. Here's one example: https://www.woodcraft.com/products/4...ip-king-shinwa

Claude

[Brian T]

There's quite a variety of slips, Carver's slips and Water Cones in the Lee Valley catalog,
Tools/Sharpening section. I find the 3M sandpapers a little more versatile.

[fiddlesticks]

Sliip stones are generally of a tapered shape. Here's one example: https://www.woodcraft.com/products/4...ip-king-shinwa

Claude

I know. I was trying to ascertain what the OP meant, but re-reading it looks like he actually wants slip stones made of Aluminum oxide.

https://www.artcotools.com/india-rou...edges%20are%20

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/N...tone-P180.aspx

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/N...-P268C126.aspx

I generally prefer stones over sand paper, but do use sand paper when I have shapes that I don't have slips for. It all works.