Thread: NOS Thuringians on ebay

Originally Posted by bjrn

I think these are the same that Manufactum and toolshop.de sell (for a lot less).

You're right, however: Manufactum no longer sell them.

Unfortunately Mueller sell them to their retailers without checking the stones first so you may get one that has hard inclusions which make them useless for honing a razor. I send approx. 25% of the stones back for a replacement before I put them on ebay.

BTW: I wasn't the vendor of this particular stone.

Ah; well....

I will let you guys know how this goes.

So these would rate lower on the grit scale than a yellow couticle?

Anyone use this stone with a slurry?

These are coarser than the vintage Thuringians, similar to the coticule I have. The surface is a bit coarser than that of the coticule but results are similar, some razors seem to do better on these than on a coticule.

If you look at the slurry of these under the electron microscope it looks identical to the slurry of a vintage Thuringian. However the vintage Thuringian has a smoother surface.

Thanks!...

I am slowly sorting things out. I have two Japanese natural waterstones and I believe that I was using them in the reverse order that I should have.

The "soft" stone puts a nice polish on the "hard" one. I wish that there was a way to tell if they are both a higher grit rating than my yellow couticle...the progression seems fine so far when I asume that they are.

I am finally getting some nice consistent shaving edges.

You should be able to tell which stone is finer by how polished the blade is, look at it under magnification, anything is better than nothing. And yes, I believe as a general rule for japanese stones, harder is finer.

Recieved the stone today...nice size.

I appears to have a coarser composition than the yellow couticle. Gritty almost.

We shall see. I will give it a go this weekend.

Have you lapped it yet? The toolshop Thuringian I got was quite flat, but the surface felt really coarse before lapping, much smoother afterwards.

No; I have not yet lapped it...

Do you use a slurry with this stone?

Originally Posted by JGS

No; I have not yet lapped it...

Do you use a slurry with this stone?

If you wish. I only use a little, and nothing in the final stage of polishing.