Thread: Mixing Escher's and slurry stone colors.

Hi all!

I just got my hands on a lightgreen Escher and unfortunately don't have a matching slurry stone. I do however have a dark blue Escher slurry stone. Can the colors be mixed? That being, using the dark blue slurry stone on the light green hone. Or is there another option altogether?

Thanks for the help!

Btw here is a pic of the two stones (lightgreen and dark blue)

High grit sandpaper is an option. If you have a hard slurry stone (a small arkansas hone works, I've heard). I use a hybrid coticule slurry stone.

But sure, why not mix the colours. Works fine as well.

Different thuringian slurry stones, although unique, will work fine. Don't be afraid to experiment. You might find something that works well for you.

I mix it up. I also use my coticule and Escher slurry stones to make slurry on my hard hones too. If you have a fine diamond hone they work for generating slurry too.

Interesting, I just faced this same question.

I purchased a beautiful Escher Barber's Delight from the Classifieds here, and it was missing it's slurry stone.

The Escher BD is a two stone hone, one side is a blue Escher, and the other is Y/G Escher, you can see the two different layers of stone. The slurry stone again has a blue - Y/G combination and I wanted to have the correct slurry stone to go with it.

Another member here put me in touch with a large supplier in Germany, and he found a BD slurry stone for me, or he can cut you one of your choosing, just name the size and colour you want.

PM me and I'll send you his contact info if you're interested.....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Interesting, I just faced this same question.

I purchased a beautiful Escher Barber's Delight from the Classifieds here, and it was missing it's slurry stone.

The Escher BD is a two stone hone, one side is a blue Escher, and the other is Y/G Escher, you can see the two different layers of stone. The slurry stone again has a blue - Y/G combination and I wanted to have the correct slurry stone to go with it.

Another member here put me in touch with a large supplier in Germany, and he found a BD slurry stone for me, or he can cut you one of your choosing, just name the size and colour you want.

PM me and I'll send you his contact info if you're interested.....

Thanks! I appreciate the help. Another quick question, is there anyway, besides the obvious color comparisons to determine an eschers color?

Originally Posted by RezDog

I mix it up. I also use my coticule and Escher slurry stones to make slurry on my hard hones too. If you have a fine diamond hone they work for generating slurry too.

I second this, and what Kelbro said. No harm will come of crossing up slurry stones with different base stones and it can be fun to play with. There's no hard/fast rule that your slurry stone has to be the same material as the hone. In fact depending on what you're trying to do it may well be preferable that it be another type of stone entirely.

No problem with mixing thuringian slurry stones!
The thuringian qualities (colors) are very close to each other in performance. If possible, the slurry stone should be softer then the hone, means the slurry is made from the slurry stone, that saves hone material and prevents the hone.

Originally Posted by hatzicho

No problem with mixing thuringian slurry stones!
The thuringian qualities (colors) are very close to each other in performance. If possible, the slurry stone should be softer then the hone, means the slurry is made from the slurry stone, that saves hone material and prevents the hone.

Thanks very much for the advice! Is hardness determined by color or is it individual to the stones? For example are all dark blues softer than light greens and so on?

Originally Posted by Matt1222

Thanks very much for the advice! Is hardness determined by color or is it individual to the stones? For example are all dark blues softer than light greens and so on?

I have three different colors and I don't think that any one of them is any harder than the other.