Thread: Holy grail stone?

My personal holy grails ;-) the Barbers Delight, one in dark blue the other one in yellow-green dual layer towards darkblue....i just love those stones...so these i have allready but i would appreciate a Les Lat in 10inch to own :-)

Originally Posted by Dcaddo1

This is my holy grail stone. 8x2 Les Latneuses mined at Ol Preu.

This here :-)

My Holy Grail hone has not been found yet, but it comes from Brazil.

Hasn't arrived yet, but hoping it is a thuringian. From what I learned here, good chance it is. No slurry stone though.
The price was worth the gamble.



Boker barber's delight. Missed a well worn esher recently, thought I would never see another down here and then a week later this popped up. Have long admired them and never thought I would get one, so I guess it is my "holy grail" stone. For now anyway...

Originally Posted by doorsch

My personal holy grails ;-) the Barbers Delight, one in dark blue the other one in yellow-green dual layer towards darkblue....i just love those stones...so these i have allready but i would appreciate a Les Lat in 10inch to own :-)

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Your pic of the Escher on the bottom, I have one that looks exactly the same, only have the bottom half of the box - it's blue, same as yours, could the one in my pic be a Barber's Delight? Unless you have the actual box cover, how can you tell?

The other stone in my pic is very yellow, as you can see....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Your pic of the Escher on the bottom, I have one that looks exactly the same, only have the bottom half of the box - it's blue, same as yours, could the one in my pic be a Barber's Delight? Unless you have the actual box cover, how can you tell?
The other stone in my pic is very yellow, as you can see....

Many hones shipped by Escher were boxed in the color of the stone. My bottom box is a light green. Check the ends of the hone for a color tag.
All are good hones and even the darkest, which I prefer, do a great job.
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

Many hones shipped by Escher were boxed in the color of the stone. My bottom box is a light green. Check the ends of the hone for a color tag.
All are good hones and even the darkest, which I prefer, do a great job.
~Richard

Yup, know to check the ends of the stone, nada...nothing...only one I have with an end tag is the NOS one....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Your pic of the Escher on the bottom, I have one that looks exactly the same, only have the bottom half of the box - it's blue, same as yours, could the one in my pic be a Barber's Delight? Unless you have the actual box cover, how can you tell?

The other stone in my pic is very yellow, as you can see....

Not sure, actually i probably described mine wrong. The blue one is surely an export version from Escher, actually it has not written Barbers Delight on it, need to correct this...

But its what appears in germany as Type "Rasierstube" which is translated as a "Barber Shop" Version of the stones....

Originally Posted by Phrank

could the one in my pic be a Barber's Delight? Unless you have the actual box cover, how can you tell?

One way is by the measurements of the stone. I've had three or four Barber's Delight Eschers come, and go. All of the BD I've ever seen are the same size, IIRC that is 2"x6" for the main stone, + the slurry stone, as opposed to different sizes for other Eschers. The most common being the 7x1&5/8". The shorter boxed stones are many times 5x2&1/2 +slurry. Here is an old thread with some pix of various http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...tml#post611426

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

One way is by the measurements of the stone. I've had three or four Barber's Delight Eschers come, and go. All of the BD I've ever seen are the same size, IIRC that is 2"x6" for the main stone, + the slurry stone, as opposed to different sizes for other Eschers. The most common being the 7x1&5/8". The shorter boxed stones are many times 5x2&1/2 +slurry. Here is an old thread with some pix of various http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...tml#post611426

That's the exact size of my blue one in the box...haha...superb memory Jimmy, mine may or may not be a BD, but one things for sure, your cerebral functions are well honed!