Thread: Escher

Originally Posted by Utopian

I have no idea who this seller is, but since he said that he would not cheat you, then hopefully you have asked him to make this right. If he too has a problem with your having lapped it, then he still should refund at least 90% of your purchase price in exchange for your return of the hone.

I mentioned this in another thread, so many sellers listing stones as "Escher", when in fact they are Thuringians, if even that.

For a stone to be called an, "Escher" it must have the label, or remnants of a recognizable label. Even selling a stone in an Escher labeled box, with no label on the stone, you don't know for sure what you're getting, so it's very much "caveat emptor".

I'm sure a nice Thuri would be virtually indistinguishable from a labelled Escher, but I'd go to a source for a Thuri stone and know I'm getting a Thuri.

Sorry for your bad experience JOB15, I'm thinking it's one thing if you lapped it, can somewhat see the point of not wanting it back, or at least returned without a full return price, but to have in fact been given an entirely different stone, not even a Thuri, if that's the case, I would think a full refund and an apology would be in order.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I have no idea who this seller is, but since he said that he would not cheat you, then hopefully you have asked him to make this right. If he too has a problem with your having lapped it, then he still should refund at least 90% of your purchase price in exchange for your return of the hone.

My lapping with a Shapton diamond plate didn't take 1mm off, we all know that.. If you look back on this thread you can see the stone in question and me asking what people think of the stone and seller..
Cheers

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That is Thomas who is selling that stone. A very knowledgeable collector, and I would say an expert on Escher/Thuringan stones. I haven't messaged him in a couple of years, but he was writing a pamphlet on the Escher razor hones. I would trust what he says.

This guy..............................

I should add that JimmyHAD was only doing me a favour and another person also recommended this guy also.
He obviously has or hopefully HAD a good reputation ..

If the stone was misrepresented and sold to you as something else then lapping shouldn't matter.

Originally Posted by alex1921

If the stone was misrepresented and sold to you as something else then lapping shouldn't matter.

Truly. I sincerely regret recommending him, and never will again ...... obviously. I'll think twice before recommending anyone again, looking at other fairly recent events involving an idolized ebay razor seller who turned out to have feet of clay. Regrettably I've seen the same phenomenon in the tobacco pipe world ....... but that's another story.