Curling stones

[Treeaddict]

Watching a YouTube documentary and then internet surfed to find that a Scottish company names Kay’s makes the only Olympic regulatory stones. Looks like one of these curling stones costs between $500-$800 each. Wow! They take the granite from an uninhabited island off their coast and bring it back to their factory to make the stones out of 2 types of granite - a granite sandwich. I didn’t want to feel like I was writing a paper so no references. All is googlable though.

 

[Tree09]

I'm shocked that's all they are if they gotta do all that!

 

[Kaveman]

I recall watching such a documentary some while back. Kay's has an exclusive permit to harvest both types of stone. The one is called "blue heart" if memory serves...

 

[Treeaddict]

I'm shocked that's all they are if they gotta do all that!

I hear you. I believe quite a few stones need to be purchased to play the game though.

Makes me happy my kids are happy with other, cheaper sports.