Ah well, road trip on SaturdayYes, those translucent looking green stones that look like they have split and might turn olive with oil…. what is the betting that I won’t be the first person from here to be checking that cairn now?
Ah well, road trip on SaturdayYes, those translucent looking green stones that look like they have split and might turn olive with oil…. what is the betting that I won’t be the first person from here to be checking that cairn now?
But boy was all that hassle worth it, because the Penrhiw Hone is exceptionally good.
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Interestingly; despite being novaculite (the SG is around 2.71) the stone is softer and easier to flatten and shape than the Nantlle Valley and Glanrafon slates, at least on belts and sandpaper.
It's also one of, if not the fastest Idwal type stone I've ever used. Even just from a quick, cursory runout the edge below is absolutely magic.
I'd also say, given the above and the way that the patterns in this stone look to my eye: it's quite possible that the Penrhiw quarry was the source for the stones that James Howarth and Sons sold as 'Grecian Hones'. I'll have to flatten and try out more pieces of it, but the stones are potentially very, very similar.
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for the barman.
That stone does really have a real "Grecian look" about it! I might even say it has a prettier color shade too.