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Possible vintage Thuringian
Good evening Gents
I have not posted in quite some time. I do apologise. I have however, been lurking, from time to time herein, since I have intermittently lost and regained interest in straights, but always maintained interest in hones. I was messaging Jimmy a couple of weeks ago about Eschers and briefly mentioned a stone I acquired from a UK vendor on eBay about 5 years ago. I had always since acquisition assumed it was a Thuringian, perhaps mined by a individual rather than a company, due to its irregular shape and natural reverse side.
Pictures of the stone dry, wet, with and without slurry are shown below. It is green in colour with an orange line running though it. Irregular in shape, which is uncommon amongst Thuringians (but not coticules) it is 4.75 inches in length by 1.8 tapering to 1.6 inches in width. You will note that the reverse is unfinished, possibly as a result of how may have been mined.
The slurry raised by an old DMT 325 is not plentiful compared to that yielded by a coticule, yet the stone is fairly soft compared to British stones however somewhat (but not immensely) harder than a coticule. The finish left on a razor is fine and provides a beautiful shaving edge IMHO.
Like some coticules, it is irregular in shape, soft and has markings. Again, like some coticules, it is green and a fine finisher. I have not attempted a dilucot method or bevel setting.
What do you think it is? As always, I would love to hear your thoughts or comments generally.
Best Regards
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