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Current auction up on the bay..
the ad reads 2 tone esher. Is it just me, or does that look more like a coti? Did Esher do any stones besides thuries?
Vintage "ESCHER" Razor Sharpening Hone/WATER Stone,7.6" - eBay (item 250692460723 end time Sep-11-10 18:32:22 PDT)
It is like a natural coticule in the sense that it was mined from a vein where two different colors of the stone were blended together. That is why the top and bottom are two different hues. It appears to be an Escher.
It does LOOK like a coti, but I'm just about certain it isn't. In fact, JimmyHAD has a similar two-tone Escher, and it is beautiful to see. The seller Than is a great guy too and seems to have a huge supply of excellent stones, so I wouldn't have any reason to think that he's mislabeled something he's selling.
Wow, Jimmy, you are FAST! Don't you have one of these two-tone jobs? Or am I thinking of some other rock hound here?
Quite the memory you have Jeff. :) I have a blue/green top with a bit of dark blue towards the bottom (label) side and I have a mismatched slurry stone that is very like the one in the auction. The slurry stone is very handy being that it covers the use of two differnt veins.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffE
With these labled Escher combos if a person wanted to destroy the back label they would have a combo Escher but since the label increases the value of the stone what you have with one of those is essentially a single grit. :shrug: Cool to look at though if you like that sort of thing.
Learn something new every day!
Interesting stone indeed. But yea, I dont think I could bring myself to wreck whats left of the label. Especially if thats part of its value.
Thanks, Jimmy! It's easy to remember because it's such a cool hone!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I like the one that the OP pointed out too, and it'll be interesting to see what it sells for. On the one hand, it's got that cool two-tone look and it's a very nice size. On the other hand, the label is kind of shot, and it looks like it's been broken off at one end. So who knows, right?
If anybody here ends up buying it and cleaning up both sides. I would love for an opportunity to take a few strokes on it.
Not like THAT you peverts!
I think I've seen another auction of him where he started with a NOS Escher from a German auction iirc. For his auction he lapped the surface and sides and rounded all edges. Such a shame :(
Imo sides of natural hones should not be touched, lapping and rounding them may very well decrease the value because it loses it's authentic look.
If I spent that much on a hone, it wouldn't be going ANYWHERE without me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
I agree. The blue/green I have is a two tone but it is harder to see because of the patina on the sides. I momentarily thought of lapping one side but if I did that would remove the saw cuts so characteristic of these hones and I wouldn't want to do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
I did take a nylon bristle fingernail brush and scrub it under running water to remove some of the grunge accumulated over the years but that is the furthest extent I would go to.
The hone in the auction is attractive but the crack he mentioned is a deal breaker for me.
I have a thuri (non escher) that is greenish grey on one side and greyish black on the other, nice stone for whoever picks it up.