NOS Escher Blue / Green

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

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It's quite the specimen, Phrank. :tu

Stunning it is so nice to see a near perfect one

Phrank's showing off again,,,,:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

Phrank's showing off again,,,,:rolleyes:

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AND WITH GOOD REASON!!!
I have only seen one in that good a condition and it did not have the box, just wrapped in vellum paper. A buddy got it from an antique store near here.
~Richard

Nice one Andrew! I was wondering who was going to snag this one...should have known!

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Originally Posted by Phrank

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.

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The Pinnacle of HAD!

Congratulations on your acquisition.

Thanks guys - I felt it was almost a once in a lifetime shot for a stone like this.

This one will never be used, unlike my other stones which are seldom used :rofl2:....aside from my Naniwa 1k that is, which is covered in my tears and blood, one day it will yield and befriend me....practice, practice, practice!!!

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


rs,
Tack

Stone is very good and the super state.

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..
;)

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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..
;)

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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...

I don' know if I could look at that stone for years and exhibit the self control to not use it. I do understand your thinking being that it's nos. Anyways, congratulations on a super acquisition!!

Pete <:-}

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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:

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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,

Andrew, Great score ! I also had a NOS B/G, mine was a 5x2&1/2 in the box, with slurry stone. Had the ink stamps on the honing side, and all the labels. I held off for maybe a month before I began honing on it. :o Really good stone. Sold it a few years later. :thinking:

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Andrew, Great score ! I also had a NOS B/G, mine was a 5x2&1/2 in the box, with slurry stone. Had the ink stamps on the honing side, and all the labels. I held off for maybe a month before I began honing on it. :o Really good stone. Sold it a few years later. :thinking:

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Amazing stone Jimmy, this is the third stone only I see the stamp is still on.

Beautifull stone,but the label has a few wrinkles:)

@ AljuwaiedAK - thank-you sir, it was a pleasure discussing the stone with you and your advice and help was wonderful, thanks for being so patient!

JimmyHAD - you are partly responsible LOL - seeing some of your hones, and especially the one with the four figures on the label posted above, and what you said about that stone, was the deciding factor for me. Like most members here, I highly value your opinions, and that decided me.

Now if Escher only made a hone that magically set bevels......

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Amazing stone Jimmy, this is the third stone only I see the stamp is still on.

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I've seen one other, maybe one you've seen too. it was sold by Thomas in Germany, dpcollect on ebay, and was a long yellow/green stone. Paper box, the label was like the one in my picture but only black and white. Same ink stamps, but no end labels. I think it was an earlier stone, but I'm not sure.

Thomas was going to write a book, or a pamphlet on Eschers, but that was a few years ago, and I haven't heard of any progress.

I have a carborundum no 152 you are welcome to try.
Never was able to find a legend on their numbers and grading. Mine was NOS as well, the box was unsaveable however.

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Originally Posted by MikeB52

I have a carborundum no 152 you are welcome to try.
Never was able to find a legend on their numbers and grading. Mine was NOS as well, the box was unsaveable however.

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Ask Utopian about carborundom stones. Hirlau has quite a few too. They could probably tell you if it is intended for razors or for tools/knives.

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Originally Posted by MikeB52

I have a carborundum no 152 you are welcome to try.
Never was able to find a legend on their numbers and grading. Mine was NOS as well, the box was unsaveable however.

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Wolfpack has a list with the ones that are great bevel setters...

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Originally Posted by MikeB52

I have a carborundum no 152 you are welcome to try.
Never was able to find a legend on their numbers and grading. Mine was NOS as well, the box was unsaveable however.

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The best list I've seen is here:

Carborundum Razor Hones | TomoNagura.Com | Keith V. Johnson

By the way, beautiful hone Phrank!

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.

Wow. Amazing find. Lucky man

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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.

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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.

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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.

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+1...The Ark is a good one...so are the low series Carborundum hones( 101,101a,102,103,104,105). I use the small #102 as my slurry hone/raiser on every one of my finishers: Coti's, Eschers, JNATs...you name it it works great!

Color me jealous Phrank !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKCBWRU59zk