Thread: Holy grail stone?

Picture of your Holy Grail stones time!

Here's my Holy Grail then....NOS Escher stone in original wooden box, ink label still on the never used face of the stone:

10pups the Norton 4/8k is a work horse stone. I can get a really good shave from the 8k and a pasted stropping.
jollo74 those are magnificent specimens you have there. Nice! Phrank that is a gem. Thanks for sharing.

Ok, I been looking for a long time. Synthetic rocks, Eschers and Coticules I got. But, this at a garage sale finished my HAD! Light Green. Oh yes, final cost $15 with the extra $10 I gave him. They are out there!

~Richard

As for me it's definitely the natural combo Coticule / BBW that I inherited from my great grandfather
When I obtained the stone, the stone was very dirty, might have been used with oil; but I'll never be sure of this

Originally Posted by Geezer

Ok, I been looking for a long time. Synthetic rocks, Eschers and Coticules I got. But, this at a garage sale finished my HAD! Light Green. Oh yes, final cost $15 with the extra $10 I gave him. They are out there!

~Richard

That is the find of the century. I guess you truly never know. Good going Geezer!

Nice find Geezer, I'll pay you to find me one .

I would love to have one of those cloudy thuris just because they look so cool

Kinda want a Charnley Forest. Not because I have a particular need or use for it. But they have a nice color and I like the name of them.

A hard black Arkansas would be nice too.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Ok, I been looking for a long time. Synthetic rocks, Eschers and Coticules I got. But, this at a garage sale finished my HAD! Light Green. Oh yes, final cost $15 with the extra $10 I gave him. They are out there!

~Richard

You know, I was looking back through this thread because I may have found mine - a finish quality Arkansas. But as I filed through all these pictures of Eschers with labels attached, the thought struck me that I would be completely conflicted. On one hand, you have the a top tier razor hone and as a straight shaver the temptation to put that stone to work would be almost unbearable. But on the other hand, a rarity like a vintage labeled Escher in that good a condition...removing that label would be borderline sacrilege. I honestly wouldn't know what to do with one if I stumbled onto it. I couldn't pass it up, but I pick up hones to use and such a thing clearly belongs in a different type of collection.

One thing is for sure, I clearly need to start carousing garage sales and flea markets.

I was lucky enough to be given an unlabeled lighter stone and a companion hard Coticule of the same form factor when I first started out. Otherwise.....
~Richard