Thread: Escher Coti?

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?

Originally Posted by JeffE

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.

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. 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.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

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.

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. Cool to look at though if you like that sort of thing.

Thanks, Jimmy! It's easy to remember because it's such a cool hone!

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.

Originally Posted by Magpie

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!

If I spent that much on a hone, it wouldn't be going ANYWHERE without me.