Thread: Special Stone !!

thats an aluminum oxide stone the uneven line is from the two different grits being put together aluminum oxide and silicone carbide (fine/coarse)

[QUOTE=Noswad;902843]Yes, that was me. Will let you all know if I done good or not. I was concerned about that too, but the uneven seam line between the sides made me take a gamble that it is a coti.


I bought a razor from this seller too. I have this Pradat-Brun coming too. 2,5cm = almost 1"
Plus I can join the 14 club with this blade too.
Thats a nice looking razor and the box looks minty, what is the 14 club?

Originally Posted by Martin103

Thats a nice looking razor and the box looks minty, what is the 14 club?

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor.../65514-14.html It is a razor club here on SRP for razors that have a 14 stamped on the tang.

At the risk of being wrong .... shudder ..... I think it is a natural combo coticule too. Nice razor as well.

Martin103, Modine had one, and said he'd use it after the Escher...Sounds pretty darned special to me. I tried to follow the thread but then it got all off topic, talking about a bunch of different stones, with new pictures of different ones. Modine never said whether his initial impressions were accurate after testing. I'm in total agreement with you on everything I think, but could you elaborate a little on what's wrong with that price for that stone? Seemed fairly vanilla in comparison to the 500 dollar Escher that would come before it in a progression. Am I missing something?

Regarding that 'special stone' and price .... I've never owned one but I've seen them go for more than that one did. Nowadays they are bringing high dollars from what I've seen. I don't know how they compare with an escher. Sham had high praise for his and I think Mike and Mac both rated them highly as well. I've heard they are best used with oil IIRC.

With this specialized demand for good stone you might think that some group would form to evaluate them and place a grade on their quality. Interesting idea for someone.

With luck the owner will get the rock soon and try it out
then let us know.

I have a Naniwa "CHOSERA" 10,000 grit hone and natural or man
made a quality fine hone can cost more than a penny. The best
make a a difference but are not always big money.

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Martin103, Modine had one, and said he'd use it after the Escher...Sounds pretty darned special to me. I tried to follow the thread but then it got all off topic, talking about a bunch of different stones, with new pictures of different ones. Modine never said whether his initial impressions were accurate after testing. I'm in total agreement with you on everything I think, but could you elaborate a little on what's wrong with that price for that stone? Seemed fairly vanilla in comparison to the 500 dollar Escher that would come before it in a progression. Am I missing something?

Well i did read all the post about this special stone, i understand its place in the rotation, all i was saying is that i was surprised to see it go for so much since ive seen many go for a lot less i mean a lot less like 1/4 of the price of this one. Actually the same goes for the Escher you mentioned a great razor stone for sure, nothing rare about an Escher they cut so many, and so many with different names like Fox, Droescher, Boker, etc.... and now we even see Escher with a 4 digits price tag!!!
Im not a collector, maybe the fact that this stone was in its original box made the price go up,but if it wasnt for the last two bids
this stone would probably sold like the others ones ive seen i hope so, i would love to get my hands on one someday but definately
not at that price !!!!!!

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

With luck the owner will get the rock soon and try it out
then let us know.

I have a Naniwa "CHOSERA" 10,000 grit hone and natural or man
made a quality fine hone can cost more than a penny. The best

make a a difference but are not always big money.

Niftyshaving, make a search for special stone on here and you will find out a lot about this stone, i think we allready know that this
is a wonderful stone hence its name!!