Pair of Eschers

[MikeB52]

Just received these today safely from two separate wins on the bay.
Sealed the label that remained on the smaller one with varnish and lapped em flat in short order on some 400 g wet paper.

The bigger one had no label so was a gamble but sure seems near identical to the labelled one. Maybe slightly darker, and looks like it was used for a bit of breadknifing. Same slurry effect on the paper, and same feel dry. Will test them against steel for the true test
Got em both for under 2 bills, shipped. Now I'm googling escher honing videos. I have them lapped now till there is just a bit of edge dings, (the pics are as received) but chamfered it so it's not going to interfere with my blades anyway. Figured I'd rather stop sanding away all that precious grit for the sake of a few edge nicks once it was flat again. Soft stone, both seemed to abrate quickly on the 400 wet..way faster to lap than my phig or Charnley.
Cheers.

[HARRYWALLY]

Very nice Mike. They'll be great hones for you I'm sure. Love both my tiny Eschers.

[MikeB52]

Thx Andrew. Looking forward to tryin em. Being narrow they will be sweet on smiling blades and maybe even help put that last edge on a couple of the warped onesI have..

[Phrank]

Great looking hones....I've refreshed enough blades on mine now that it's the only edge for me.

Last time I finished a razor, I used the Nani 12k as usual, then went crox, and then finished off on the Escher so the last thing to touch the edge was the stone, maybe crazy, but was the shave was just fantastic - looking forward to hearing what you think.

[Gipson]

That stone that is longer in size, I liked. Congratulations on your purchase.

[hatzicho]

Nice pair of thuringians, congrats to that find. The Escher & Son label isn't seen quite frequently, it was only used in a short timeframe.