Thread: New Dark Blue Escher

Congrats bill,
that looks like the real one.
Eschers normally self slurry a little bit, so you don't need to make slurry with a stone. In older times the Thuringians were used for much more work to do on a straight, because the people got only the one hone to maintain their razor and keep it sharp. So the stones were not just used as endfinishers, as most of us do today. Thats why they came with a slurry stone.
But if you want or need to produce slurry you can use a little trick. Normally the stones came in the past with a slurry stone cut from the same material and color than the stone or an even darker colored one. Blue stones are normally a bit harder than green ones and are also used to clean and open the surface of the stone. If you simply want to make slurry, use a slurry stone that is softer than your hone. For example if your stone is blue, use a green thuringian slurry stone. Than the slurry is made from the small and cheaper slurry stone and saves your main hone.