Thread: Pair of Eschers

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.