Thread: NOS Escher vs Thuringian

Originally Posted by English

As to price, I think if memory serves me well, I paid about 60 euro about a year ago. For $300 you can purchase an old labelled Escher stone. I don't know if the vintage Eschers are better than this newly cut stone, but I suspect the stone is of a similar quality. What I do know is I am very pleased with the one I own and use it as my finishing hone of preference.

Hope that helps.

Buying from MST direct makes sense by the looks of it.

Originally Posted by Kees

Buying from MST direct makes sense by the looks of it.

For the prices MST has them listed for, I would not mind trying one of the small 5" x 1" "NOS Eschers." How does one go about buying directly from them?

Originally Posted by RayG

For the prices MST has them listed for, I would not mind trying one of the small 5" x 1" "NOS Eschers." How does one go about buying directly from them?

Click Impressum on the left and it tells you how to contact them. Mails take a long time to be answered in my experience.

I don't think Herr Mueller will sell directly and will likely refer you to Timber Tools if he is still following the distributor setup.

I have one of the stones Kees sells and am quite pleased with it, why not but from a known source AND one of us.


Tony

Duh, I tend not to look at signature lines. Thanks Tony. Kees, I sent you a PM.

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

I have one of the stones Kees sells and am quite pleased with it, why not but from a known source AND one of us.


Tony

Just for the record, as a onetime newbie I have learned that the gents here are totally trustworthy and if I had to do it over again, I would get my stones from the guys here (as he bangs his head on the keyboard wondering what better stones are out there for better prices...)

I heard they won't sell to the public, What site is MST Ray, I can't seem to find it...

Originally Posted by zib

I heard they won't sell to the public, What site is MST Ray, I can't seem to find it...

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They won't sell to the public - I emailed them and asked. They refer you to one of their distributors. The one they referred me to would only accept inter-bank transactions, an expensive option in the UK (even though we are supposed to be in the EU), so I didn't take it any further.

Regards,
Neil

You can get a thuringian for a good price at bessermesser.eu
They will accept paypal from overseas, are nice and they do speak english.
Just send them an e-mail.
Thüringer 6000 small 150 x 50 x 20 24,00
Thüringer 6000 medium 175 x 50 x 20 29,00
Thüringer 6000 big 200 x 50 x 20 34,00
The main menu is behind a link at the bottom of the page.
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