The slate came from an old hand held chaulk board that was used years ago in the old school house's. My wife had it, where she got it, god only knows! Anyways, I just sanded it down to size. I do got a line a guy up in PA that is suppose to sell slate. I haven't called him yet, as I just got his number a couple of days ago. If your interested, I'll pm it to ya. Scott.