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I come from a long line of Welsh and English blood so Im sitting astride Offa's Dyke :D

Thanks Jimmy, its difficult to capture the subtleties of these stones in pics, heres what Ive got, the little slurry stone is about 2 1/2"x1", Ive edited the slurry stone pic in photoshop to try and...

What does the Dragons tongue hone look like when its wet? Is it a typical blue grey welsh slate, any other colour?

Ive been able to track down locations for half a dozen or so old Welsh hone...

:bow fantastic, thanks so much for sharing that, brilliant information, this thread gets better and better, thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

Ive been googling and asking around for...

Aye, fair enough :D Im off to dream about slate quarries in the mountains :tu

That would be nice, heres hoping!

Are off topic posts frowned on here? Im pretty bad at straying off on a tangent its true

I know the area around Llyn Idwal quite well and as slate doesnt occcur in veins as such theres tons of the stuff round there, lots of disused quarries, I wonder how they managed to identify a small...

What a fascinating thread, this has opened up a new world for me of British hones that Id never even dreamed of! Thank you as well mhopper for your review of the the Dragons Tongue hone, nice to...