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    Default Is this an Escher?

    Just look at this: http://cgi.ebay.com/E-Co-Vintage-Esc...QQcmdZViewItem


    What do you think?
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    I seem to have a vague recollection that E. & Co. were at least Thuringian, but it is a vague and hazy recollection, and can't seem to find the reference anymore. It sort of looks the part to me.

    Anyway, I'm gunning for a YES! Got a 50% chance of being right...

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    Full disclosure – I am the seller of this hone.

    E. & Co. and Escher & Co. were the same firm, unless I'm very much mistaken.

    The little color-grade labels Escher put on the end of their hones read "E. & Co." Below are pics of two of these, the "dark blue" from the escher I'm selling and the "yellow-green" from Kees' escher.

    You can also tell from their trademark blurb: "They need no other recommendation as to their quality than a single trial, which will be sufficient to convince the most incredulous of their superiority."
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    Thanks for your clarification and the picture. I shall no longer be incredulous.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    Thanks for your clarification and the picture. I shall no longer be incredulous.


    These are the genuine water hones. They need no other recommendation as to their quality than a single nod from Kees.
    Last edited by dylandog; 04-09-2008 at 12:29 PM.

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