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( Two labeled Eschers were sold before taking this picture)

Today I have said goodbye to my last labeled Thuringian hone, I have collected Eschars for a good period of time, my aim was to study the differences between the different color designations and to compare the resulting edges. I concluded that the QC on the Escher stones was very tight; all the labeled Escher stones that I have owned and tested leave scratches in the 1~micron region, although the Blue Greens and the Yellow Greens tend to be on the finer side of that region, and they are a bit faster IMO, however all of my Eschers provide me with the most comfortable edge ever, my skin is yet to find a finisher capable of giving what an Escher has to offer of the perfect balance between comfort and sharpness.
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These stones were a specialized razor hones around 150 years ago, how great this is !!! The best statement to describe them is printed on their own labels.

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I kept only one unlabeled vintage Thuringian, it is maybe a Blue Green or a Green one I can’t really say for sure what it is the color, but from it performance I am sure it was an Escher. Also I still have a small Yellow Green too.

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and as always the funds form selling a stone are recycled into another


Happy honning,
Hi AljuwaiedAK,

very nice collection you had!
Since you are located in Saudi Arabia I would be interested in the following: Did you found the Escher stones also locally in your country? Were the stones only used from Barbers/ for honing razors?
I have spoken with a lot of descendants of the old mining and trading companies related to thuringian whetstones and they told me that up to today they got inquieries from muslims of the arabic area that use especially thuringian hones for the so-called kosher butchering. I also heard that beside the pure coticules the thuringian hones were the only sharpening stones considered as being kosher or halal themselfes.
Have you heard anything about this?

Regards Peter