Thread: Holy grail stone?

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!