Price based on 1 sheet of 16 stones and does not include handles.
Trefor granite curling stones.
The smooth low glide of the competitors as they released their stones into a slow waltz the back of the mouth grind of granite against ice the frantic brushing and coaxing and the satisfying shmack of stone against stone as they nudged each other for spaces that counted.
Even today 60 70 percent of all curling stones comes from granite extracted from alisa craig.
Kays quarries these granites from ailsa craig according to a grant of exclusive rights from the marquess of ailsa.
And so the curling finals are over at the sochi winter olympics.
Trefor granite comes in shades of pink blue and grey.
Ailsa craig and the trefor granite quarry in wales.
Remanufactured stones are also available with blue hone inserts on both sides please contact our office for pricing.
The ailsa craig common green granite is used for the body of the stone because its unique structure is more resistant to heat transfer it copes better with condensation and does not splinter after contact with another stone in play all of which badly affect blue trefor curling stones.
We at canada curling stone co.
We have the exclusive rights to the supply of this granite making us the only company in the world making new curling stones from trefor granite.
Only two places on earth is said to have the blue hone or common green granite which has a low absorption rate and keeps water from freezing and eroding the stone.
Canada curling stone company has been producing stones from trefor granite since 1992 and supplied stones for the 2002 winter olympics.
Please contact our office for availability.
Trefor granite comes from the yr eifl or trefor granite quarry in the village of trefor on the north coast of the llŷn peninsula in gwynedd wales and has produced granite since 1850.
The quarry supplies curling stone granite exclusively to the canada curling stone company which has been.
New stones are also available with blue hone inserts on both sides.
Are proud to manufacture our new curling stones from trefor granite.
New blue trefor granite curling stones with blue hone granite insert running surfaces on one side and blue trefor granite running surfaces on the second side.
It is essential for curling clubs with trefor granite stones to keep an eye on their strikebands and have them reprofiled approximately every 25 years.
Remanufactured trefor granite curling stones with blue hone granite insert running surface and reprofiled strikebands.
It was mesmerising while it lasted.
Price based on 1 sheet of 16 stones and does not include handles.
Red brown trefor red brown trefor granite can be found in several shades of brown and will always have small white and black flecks that run throughout the stone.
