jejvtr, I have a Belle Foret sink at the cabinetmakers. But I would like ss counters and sinks in the kitchen and will use the fireclay AF sink in the laundry room. If all ss sinks are created equal, I can order them now and get the ss counters later. Trailrunner has wood counters with ss sinks. It looks quite nice and the counters have held up well. If I can not afford ss initially, I will use wood for the time being.

Thanks Prill! I like the way they matched up the white veining on your seam. Interestingly enough, I am going to try to get away with not oiling my soapstone either. Lauriec - thanks for the edge info. Hadn't heard of that one before. OK, I had a conversation with the fabricator's coordinator gal late yesterday afternoon. I had let them know several people on this Kitchen Forum had Soapstone counters with sink seams and it seemed to be a standard practice. She told me SHE would want the seam in the sink too lol! And that it isn't a problem for them to do it. So that's where I'm going to get my seam :) Thanks again everyone!

any wood piece that spans across the two cabinet sides is a fine fine support. The sink setter is good too because it looks like a product sold as a product, and there are many people who need that kind of reassurance which is all psychological. Both A and B above are a larger structure than a series of individual clips (not connected to each other in a larger structure). Since they both are attached to the cabinetry, they don't need to grab onto the stone or quartz or whatever material countertop. Any form of grip / grab onto the underneath of the countertop material has its disadvantages; therefore your sink support should have a mechanical con nection to the cabinet. Here is a description of the disadvantages of using some other method as the sole means of mechanical support: 1. Holes drilled in a countertop weaken it. If it cracks one day, you lose. . 2. Silicone is strong but is not proven to be strong enough all the time. Silicone is never sold as a mechanical fastener, by the way. So, what this means is that "a number of clips" is a method that is less than ideal, less than the best, and not to be recommended. The clips have to be attached with some kind of glue or screws going into (new weakness) holes. Any ONE clip might be less-well-aligned compared to the others and it might end up taking a lot of the mechanical stress, and if so this then puts all the mechanical stress onto one new screw hole or one glued clip. In reality, this IS what happens. It is possible to use glue sold as glue (that's not silicone), and which is designed to grip onto stone. But this kind of glue might work or might only work half as well as expected. Ya never know. Just put a cross bar from side to side and you will have done more work in less time. Hth

Many Kohler bathroom sinks come in a variety of colors. I bet one of the colors would look great with soap stone. I have their Caxton sink. It is a nice oval under-mount that I believe is available in 3 different sizes. The link below will show you the colors. I know from experience that the prices listed on the Kohler website are quite a bit higher than prices at many suppliers. Caxton sink