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Did a bit of honing with the gray slate right at the end of the day. This stone seems very slightly porous but I'll have to do some more tests to confirm, probably weight the stone, soak for ten...

Got the purple and gray with their slurry stones lapped up. Only issue was that there was a hairline crack running right through the purple slurry stone that I could see once it got wet so I snapped...

Slates finally arrived, everything looks in good order. I'll post another photo once I've lapped them all, can't get to it tonight. Excited to put these rocks through testing. Dimensions are 5" x...

I've got the green, gray and purple Vermont slates on the way, should be delivered this coming week so I'll post review/comparison with the green/purple mottled. I was tempted to purchase on from...

On my initial test I used the Dovo Best Quality 5/8 which had been honed on a Norton 8K convexed in both axis. I worked from a light slurry to clear water, the slurry helped haze up the bevel so I...

I'm going to be getting a few more Vermont Slates in the coming weeks, I got the quarry to cut me three stones, a pure green slate, a purple slate and a gray slate along with slurry stones....

Had a little bit of time to play around with the stone tonight. I used my trusty Dovo Best Quality 5/8 which I've owned for around ten years to test out the hone. As an aside, I have been playing...

Well I finally got my Vermont slate hone, 10x2x1 inches. The lead time was a little longer than expected at around three and a half weeks but that really isn't too bad, they seem to engage in fairly...

To revive this thread I contacted a slate quarry in VT, asked if the could cut me a 10x2x1 specifically a nice piece for sharpening. Minutes later got a reply back, no problem, shipped cost $38. Two...