Thread: Hone ID.

Hello gents,

Was wondering if anyone could tell me about this hone? Found it today at an antique shop , but not much of the label left.

Escher/Thuringian hone, it should be very nice!!

Originally Posted by AKmik

Hello gents,

Was wondering if anyone could tell me about this hone? Found it today at an antique shop , but not much of the label left.

Score - that's an Escher Water Hone....enough labels are there to attest to it's authenticity....awesome find!!

Congrats!!

NICE!! Here it is wiped off .


And the glory shot.



Sweet deal, I was happy with the sticker price, even more so once she rang it up!!

Thanks for the info

Don't follow the directions the shop put on it. Never put oil near it. Water only.

Originally Posted by rideon66

Don't follow the directions the shop put on it. Never put oil near it. Water only.

Absolutely - no oil, water or dry only.

You may want to consider a light lapping of the stone to flatten it and just get rid of the junk layer, never know what has been on that stone before.....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Absolutely - no oil, water or dry only.

You may want to consider a light lapping of the stone to flatten it and just get rid of the junk layer, never know what has been on that stone before.....

That was my next question, thanks again gents!

I will give it a light lapping , and I think a gentle chamfer will take care of a couple small chips on the edge.

But looks like its in great shape overall.

You might consider clear coating the labels as well, they add great value to the stone

Its a stone from Escher & Co. and was distributed from SRD (Severin Robert Droescher) who was sole importer for Escher for the US market during a specific time frame.