Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
Years ago Russell Baldridge, a honemiester on SRP from back then, did a review praising a particular Müller Thuringian, and I picked one up from a member for $50.00. A 6"x2 1/2" IIRC. I followed the method Russell had posted, and the stone was pretty good. It was not up to the level of my Escher and I sold it shortly thereafter.
OTOH, Tony Miller, the strop maker, used to stock and sell Müller Thuringians. He told me that he stopped carrying them because too many of them had hard inclusions. So the quality varied. The one I happened on was a good one, inclusion free, but apparently some of them were not as good. I don't know what is going on with the vendor, or his stock, at the present time. I guess you pays your money and takes your chances.
In messing around with coticules and thuringans I've used a coticule to sharpen, followed with a thuri to finish with good results. Used a Norton 4/8 (after setting the bevel on a 1k) and followed with a coticule, and/or a thuringan. Just experimenting with different combinations. In general it was all good.