Thread: llyn melynllyn

Top and bottom of mine from aj. Spot is yellow green.

Very nice.

Sorry to disapoint but from your answer I can quite reliably tell you that it is more than likely that what you read as Id for LM/YL stone is what was written about slate hones sold on bay by AJ and also some others. It is like calling them Eschers.
Yellow Lake/ Llyn Melynllyn is brand name same as Escher or Master stone are another brand names for different type of hones.
This was discussed here many times also they are decent hones they are not the real thing.
Not every piece of slate is the same. It was very interesting to go through different slate types processed in Inigo Jones as well as other manufaturers and learn about their uses and abilities.

But surely the branded ones were from the region the name suggests, if the ones from aj are gathered from the same area, I would say he has every right to call them LM stones. Similar to thuringians, a stone from the region is still a thuringian even if it's not an escher. Think the confus on arises in this case purely because the brand name was the area name too. My thoughts.

I strongly doubt AJ is naming his stones by the region they are sourced from

I live and hope. Had fun with his stones, but have surpassed them with a nice coti. Love the "grit ratings".

Originally Posted by dmnc

But surely the branded ones were from the region the name suggests, if the ones from aj are gathered from the same area, I would say he has every right to call them LM stones. Similar to thuringians, a stone from the region is still a thuringian even if it's not an escher. Think the confus on arises in this case purely because the brand name was the area name too. My thoughts.

I have to strongly disagree with you on that as the only slate in YL quarry/mine is the one used for roofing tiles on the cutting house. The material quarried there is novaculite not dissimilar to LI.
It would be like calling Dronfield Slate hone- Charnley Forrest hone.

Originally Posted by dmnc

But surely the branded ones were from the region the name suggests, if the ones from aj are gathered from the same area, I would say he has every right to call them LM stones. Similar to thuringians, a stone from the region is still a thuringian even if it's not an escher. Think the confus on arises in this case purely because the brand name was the area name too. My thoughts.

Research indicates that AJ's hones (purple slates sold on Ebay) are sourced from Bethesda. Bethesda is located on the northern edge of Snowdonia National Park where Lynn Melynllyn (Yellow Lake) and the original mine are found. Just East of Bethesda, easily within spitting distance of one another. I'm inclined to agree, it's a good performing slate found in the surrounding area and I have no qualms with it being labeled a LM even if it doesn't come from that specific quarry.

I have an Old yellow lake with faint green spots on one end, 2x8" hope it fits in my honing order or might could use it for touch up.

Guess maybe I should have called my hone a purple slate hone mined in the yellow lake area not by the yellow lake company. Guess it isn't a true yellow lake. Though it is probably cut from stone in an old mine that long gone most likely same area as aj's. Maybe the exact same stone just a different person mined at a different time. Mine is surely very old as it was used in a crude form to make a house number that was just gouged into the stone. If the area is yellow lake and yellow lake is the name brand as well, then it would be like a company in thuringian area naming the company Thuringian incorporated and telling everyone their mines are not producing true Thuringians. Stones mined from the thuringian mountains in my opinion are thuringian hones even if I travel there and cut it myself.