Thread: NOS Escher Blue / Green

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I think I know the Saud you were talking to ya dog!
Wonderful procurement sir!
We really need to get together so I can abuse some of your work stones mate. Do a lil compare for grit and what not..

Sounds like a plan - I'd like to pick your brain and compare notes on bevel setting. When you get the bevel set, that's when the fun begins, but sheesh, out of the 12 razors I've set bevels on, 3 set nicely in about an 60-90 minutes, the others were just killers, and I have one now that I've walked away from twice...on the sage advice of Wolfpack, am waiting for a Carborundum 103 razor hone, hoping it will scare a bevel into this W&B that I've been working on for awhile now...

Wow, that is indeed a treasure. I'll trade you for one that's been properly broken in.


rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by Phrank

After gazing at this beautiful stone for ages, I reached out to this fine gentleman in Saudi Arabia and we came to an agreement. Incredibly nice guy, very helpful in all the questions I had, and was a pleasure to deal with.

Just arrived, is this beautiful Escher Razor Hone, Blue / Green, boxed, labelled, and unused. I will probably never use this stone, I wanted this for no other reason than it is has been preserved perfectly for so many decades and to me seems like a rare treasure, and these stones for some reason absolutely intrigue me.

17.5 cm length
4 cm width
2 cm depth

Here are the pics:

Thanks Andrew for your kind words, a nice guy like you is always welcomed... I got this stone from Germany while back, it was the crown jewel of my Eschers collection, and all this time I didn't have the nerve to even wet it.. the stamp man is too pretty to be disturbed, also I have an identical one so my curiosity didn't get too far.

But I hope that you have more courage than me to put in use, I assure you that you will have a super finishing stone that is enjoyable to use.

Tip: if have a hard hone like fine Arkies or even a granite slap that you are sure it is true flat, after lapping the Escher use the hard hone to smooth it out, this will polish the serfuce of the Escher and improve it performance with clear water... The downside is that the stone became a bit slower and sticks to the razor but it become finer.

It's hard to let go to such stone especially if you are collecting them, but at least it's with someone who values it.


Happy Honing,

Originally Posted by Geezer

A few guys use a translucent Arky for a slurry raiser. Works well for me. The little 3"x¾" knife stone are great for that. thye are harder than the average razor hone so they do not deposit any of their own grit. And, if they did, the grit is so fine as to be unnoticed.

I used to make slurry using diamond slurry card, however after reading somewhere from Jnats vendor that using diamond plate for slurry will prevent the stone face from being polished which will make it finer when finishing with water, also I have experience that a polished Escher is finer that a freshly lapped one, I thought that the polished stone idea applys only for hard stones but you should not take anything without trying. As mixing some arky slurry in the process, if you are using translucent Arkansas it is almost impossible for your average stones, I remember slurrying a Jade stone using translucent Arkansas

However white hard Arkansas can leave it particles behind.