vermont green slate whetstone

[joelkerr]

Does anyone know anything about these stones? They are for sale on Griffiths, but they are apparently from Orleans County in Vermont, which is where my workplace is, so I was hoping to go find the quarry this summer. But I can't seem to find anything about it.

Thanks!

[kcb5150]

I have a green I had selected and cut from a quarry years ago. It works fine. I wouldn't use slurry on it. The purple does sharper but not quite as smooth as the green in my experience and there is a streaky black type that makes the sharpest edge for me by far. You just need to make sure you get pieces with no crystalline weirdness going on.

[joelkerr]

I have a green I had selected and cut from a quarry years ago. It works fine. I wouldn't use slurry on it. The purple does sharper but not quite as smooth as the green in my experience and there is a streaky black type that makes the sharpest edge for me by far. You just need to make sure you get pieces with no crystalline weirdness going on.

which quarry?

[kcb5150]

Pearl street slate company

[kcb5150]

Streaked black

Green

[kcb5150]

Purple, often mistaken for other things

[RayClem]

I have all the hones I need, but that may not prevent me from getting another one. This is one I have had on my "maybe one day list". Since I like my edges to be very sharp, I might wait until I can find a purple or black one rather than the green.