Thread: Escher

Have a read here.. Hopefully someone is not mixing labels and stones. Mike

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...huringian.html

Originally Posted by MODINE

Have a read here.. Hopefully someone is not mixing labels and stones. Mike

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...huringian.html

Very interesting. Mine isn't as sparkly as those pictures but it does have tiny reflective particles..

It does have a velvety feel when honing.. I'd wager its from the same area-ish as Escher.

Originally Posted by MODINE

Have a read here.. Hopefully someone is not mixing labels and stones. Mike

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...huringian.html

This was sounding sort of familiar...

Maybe this will help, just went downstairs and took a couple of shots of two of my Eschers.

One is a blue, the other is a black as it was generally agreed at the meet at MikeB52's place, definitely an older Escher.

So here's the two sides of the stones, then a picture with just some water on them, hope this helps. No filters, no flash, just the iPhone built in camera.

Mine certainly looks like yours Phrank.

I also notice that mine is not 100% rectangular . One end is a couple of millimetres wider than the other. Whereas other Eschers, especially the ones with labels look proper square or even sided ..?

The seller came back to me with this response :

*Hi Joseph,
all I can say is that I got this stone and the bigger one I sold on eBay from the wife of an German barber who used this stone for his straight razors.
What about the performance of the stone? It should give you a smooth but sharp edge (if you use it to sharpening your razors)?
Best wishes*

Originally Posted by JOB15

Mine certainly looks like yours Phrank.

I also notice that mine is not 100% rectangular . One end is a couple of millimetres wider than the other. Whereas other Eschers, especially the ones with labels look proper square or even sided ..?

The seller came back to me with this response :

*Hi Joseph,
all I can say is that I got this stone and the bigger one I sold on eBay from the wife of an German barber who used this stone for his straight razors.
What about the performance of the stone? It should give you a smooth but sharp edge (if you use it to sharpening your razors)?
Best wishes*

Glad this helped.

Another confirming point for you, mine is by far not rectangular either, one end is wider than the other, both are not uniform...and cut marks are visible.

My mom would say I was handsome. Then my grandma would inevitably say ..... 'Handsome is as handsome does.' So hone some razors with it. It'll either be a handsome escher, or an 'ugly' muller

Just got home from work...
Had a shower (too much info)
Got out the old Acqua De Parma & Thater 00 and shaved a weeks worth of growth away.
The blade felt dull yet left me BBS.
Years ago I had an Escher finish from Hart Steel and that was the exact same shave I had and remembered .

I think that going from a synthetic progression to an Escher could well beat a synthetic progression, finishing with a Jnat (at least my Jnats)
However nothing I've found compares to a full Nagura progression on my Nakayama.

An Escher feels like a dull rounded edge but my Jnat progression feels like there is no edge and yet it is crazy sharp..

I don't really think you can compare Jnats to Escher's because they are 2 totally different beasts , to me, from my experiences .

I'm really proud of it and will always be on the hunt for more ....I'll now spend the next hour touching my face

Originally Posted by JOB15

An Escher feels like a dull rounded edge but my Jnat progression feels like there is no edge and yet it is crazy sharp.

When I began fooling with Eschers, years ago, a real good honer named Sham told me that to get the best out of the Escher the razor should be shave ready to begin with. Then further finishing on the Escher brought out the best in it.

I remember Gary Haywood getting a yellow/green Barber's Delight from me. It was his first Escher, and at the time Gary's favorite edges were from coticules. He said the Escher edge was 'too crisp' and he sold it. Point being, IME an Escher edge doesn't feel at all like a dull edge. It is rather crisp compared to a coticule. Just saying to say that maybe further work with your stone may yield different results.

1. As already noted, shiny spots on a Thuringian can be glazing/burnishing. That is good on an Chinese 12K, an Arkie or a Charnley Forrest, but not on a Thuri. The conditioning stone may be better put to use keeping the surface fresh than to make slurry.

2. Have posted this before, so forgive me for being repetitious.
I have had personal communications with several of the senior moderators on this much respected forum.
These moderators have had experience with pretty much every kind of stone.
When asked what their go-to finisher was, all replied yellow-green Escher.