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    Quote Originally Posted by doorsch View Post
    Also Schleifmittel Aktiengesellschaft as a follow up company offered stones in these sizes, they were sold on the german market but also were sold as export products....the stones have been shipped over Hamburg where they had a storage location directly at the harbour.

    Here is an extract from the old pricelist, with products sold as type "Barbierstube" or "Barber Shop"
    Interesting the German unit of measurement is Zoll from this old diagram. Same unit as Heibert Wacker uses for his razors. Another subject in a different thread. Still, interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Butzy View Post
    Not saying this a definitive answer... but you can infer what you like! Someone here i'm sure has the answer
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    definitely post pics though!!!
    To me, it's rather surprising to see that the Barbers' Gem was priced about double that of most of the 7-8" bench sized Eschers. Up until now, I had presumed it to be the more affordable size back "in the day."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt1222 View Post
    Here are some pics as requested
    Nice, looks to me to be a yellow/green main stone with a dark blue slurry. Hard to tell about the main stone color from a photo though, especially against a dark blue. Here are some links to old threads that might be of interest ;

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ing-marks.html

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...nd-labels.html

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ck-labels.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Nice, looks to me to be a yellow/green main stone with a dark blue slurry. Hard to tell about the main stone color from a photo though, especially against a dark blue. Here are some links to old threads that might be of interest ;

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ing-marks.html

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...nd-labels.html

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ck-labels.html

    It is a yellow/green with the dark blue slurry. It's lighter compared to my labeled lightgreen stone and definitely has that hint of yellow running all the way through.

    It's a really nice stone to hone on (like all Eschers) I just wish I had a y/g slurry stone. But it's not a real big deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt1222 View Post
    Here are some pics as requested
    That looks very much like an Escher I had, exact same box and exact same labels, here's a pic, light green on top, blue on the bottom, I traded that one:

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    IIRC - it definitely was very light coloured stone, pics don't really bring that stark contrast out. Frankly, I had used it for awhile, lent it to a superb honer, and he came away with the same impression I had, that it wasn't the best of the Eschers we had used, was a very, very slow stone, I think it's the light green Escher.

    Might have just been my particular stone, but will be interesting to hear how it performs.

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    Jimmy, after taking a look at your other threads do you think it could be a Barber's Choice? I feel like the barber's gen stones were Pike distribution specific, but I am just guessing

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    Phrank, the light colored stone looks much longer than the one I have. I think mine is more similar in shape and the boxing/labeling to the darker stone you show in the top picture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt1222 View Post
    Jimmy, after taking a look at your other threads do you think it could be a Barber's Choice? I feel like the barber's gen stones were Pike distribution specific, but I am just guessing
    You've jogged my memory, I guess it was a Barber's Choice that I had. No idea what is what unless it is printed on the box. If it is a good hone the label doesn't matter other than bringing a higher resale value.
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    Can we go back to when these stones were around 20$?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christian1 View Post
    Can we go back to when these stones were around 20$?
    Maybe you did not notice, but those were the prices per dozen!

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