Thread: Stone Identification? Thuri?

Originally Posted by Gasman

The wife and i went out a couple weeks ago and i found a boker with a worked spine in a case for 30 bucks. Thought i might have got lucky until they opened the case. Broken blade. Ive still never ran across any stones. Maybe we can go out today for a little look.

Nice find. And three different colors too. You hit the jack pot.

Blue grey was purchased about a year ago.
All of these have been bought online. Only nice razor hones I've been able to find in the wild was two (small coti and small Norton trans ark) from a barber estate at an antique shop several years ago.

How much difference is there in how the colors perform? Aren't the lighter colors supposed to cut faster?

Originally Posted by JP5

Blue grey was purchased about a year ago.
All of these have been bought online. Only nice razor hones I've been able to find in the wild was two (small coti and small Norton trans ark) from a barber estate at an antique shop several years ago.

How much difference is there in how the colors perform? Aren't the lighter colors supposed to cut faster?

In my LIMITED experience the lighter colors are a smidge easier for me to get consistent results but I don’t find the difference proportionate to the cost difference.

Originally Posted by Gasman

The wife and i went out a couple weeks ago and i found a boker with a worked spine in a case for 30 bucks. Thought i might have got lucky until they opened the case. Broken blade. Ive still never ran across any stones. Maybe we can go out today for a little look.

Nice find. And three different colors too. You hit the jack pot.

My first razor ,a 'Hamburg Ring', for $7 with a complete leather dopp kit, was my only flea market success. I never see stones around here, and rarely razors.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

My first razor ,a 'Hamburg Ring', for $7 with a complete leather dopp kit, was my only flea market success. I never see stones around here, and rarely razors.

Well if your not finding many either Victor it makes me feel a little better. Maybe Im not missing them all the time i go out.

Nice stones, looks like residue from an Escher end label, I have found a couple with such residue and one with a corner of a blue label, mine are performers, and most probably Escher’s.

I have a very light grey stone similar to yours, that will produce an edge equal or better than a light green SRD labeled stone. Done a lot of searching and suspect it may be a FASO stone. Faso has a mysterious history and like Escher was an importer of fine stones, Thruigians, Coticules and even Arks. Some say the FASO stones are keener than Escher and there is quite a bit written about them.

Most of these companies or mines, did not survive WWII and much of the true history is lost, many of the” Mountain Folks” were a big part of the resistance, during the war.

A good Thruigian is a joy and simple to use capable of producing a smoking edge, very similar to the 12k Super Stone of today and very much similar in shaving edge, though I feel a good Thruigian edge a bit smoother.

Here is an Escher chart with stone sizes.

Nice finds, all I ever come across are boxed carborundums for $100 or more.

Originally Posted by jfk742

Nice finds, all I ever come across are boxed carborundums for $100 or more.

Yeah, those are plentiful!

Yeap - it is a thuringian . Man i love those stones .