An Escher but what color

I found this stone at a random stop while needing a break when driving.

No box or slurry stone but I all I could do to stop from yelling yahoo when I saw the price. Then while looking at some razors the women dropped the price $3 as a incentive to get some blades.......

To me it looks green with some black mottling but looking at pictures here I see many interpretations of colors.

Very soft. I think this is going to be a good excuse to visit Randy to get an opinion.

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Awesome find Tim.
Looks green to me too.
A good lapping and a little edge chamfering and you've got yourself a real gem.

Pete <:-}

The elusive labeled Escher, rarely seen in the wild. Did you wait till you got to the car before hollering?
Great find. I've been at tons of shops around Atlanta without seeing any good hones. I usually try to take breaks at antique shops when I go to visit my folks. Sometones you find something interesting!

I think Hazitcho posted this trick. Make slurry with diamond plate. Let it dry. If the slurry dries white then it's light green, if yellowish then yellow green.
Nice find :)

Nice find! Looks like light green to me. Escher in the wild is hard to beat. Enjoy!

Labled too? Damn you hit the jack pot. I will double your money if you sell it to me. :rofl2:

Looks blue-green from here. Cool!

All that clean living is paying-off, Tim! :D

They all look gray to me!:thinking:

Thanks for mentioning that slurry test Alex. Never heard that before. Without seeing them side by side some of them look pretty close in color in pictures.

Great find. Try to put a lacquer over the label to preserve it!

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I think Hazitcho posted this trick. Make slurry with diamond plate. Let it dry. If the slurry dries white then it's light green, if yellowish then yellow green.
Nice find :)

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Does it make a difference if the slurry is first wet?

Believe it or not I had a piece of wet/dry on my desk.:rofl2:

I did a quick rub with it dry and it looks white. But that is on black paper....

I have been thinking about wood boxs and sealing labels.

I have this one and a labeled Lilly White in a mediocre box that need their own wooden ones.:hmmm:

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Does it make a difference if the slurry is first wet?

Believe it or not I had a piece of wet/dry on my desk.:rofl2:

I did a quick rub with it dry and it looks white. But that is on black paper....

I have been thinking about wood boxs and sealing labels.

I have this one and a labeled Lilly White in a mediocre box that need their own wooden ones.:hmmm:

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I dont think it makes a difference. Yeah when I tried it one of mine turned white against black background when dry as well.
Then I picked a BD on eBay and the slurry does indeed look different. More dirty looking with yellow tint.

I am not very good with colors so when I see an Escher by itself I cant say I can pinpoint them.
When you line them up it becomes more obvious.

First pic dry, second wet. From left to right - light green(I presume), BG (has a sticker), Yellowgreen(barbers delight), dark blue(I presume).

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By your dry picture mine looks more like your YG but with the wet picture mine looks more like the LG......

We should get together and compare them in person!

Will do. Once the kami form Charlie gets here I will message you and bring the yellow rocks with me :)

It looks like a tad more yellow green than light green but it is hard to tell in photos.

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As I hold this in my hand I think I understand the wear marks in the label.

The wear marks in the upper right of the picture would be the honers pointer finger and the spot to the left would be the heel of his hand while using it.

Am I reading to much into this?:shrug:

Hello friends!!! I have been doing sharpening for about 5 years. I finish on synthetics Naniva SS 10000, or Ozuku Sun 5+. I'd like to try Escher in work, tell me where you can buy such a stone at a normal price, and Ebay hasn’t seen anything new for a long time.
Thank you with Respect Roman.

You can always post in the BST thread, someone might have one to sell, reasonably.

I was lucky enough to find a Blue/Green B/D, at a flea market. No label, who care's, I know what it is, and only gave $15 for it. I mean....stole it. :angel:

Вам повезло, у нас на блошином рыке такой товар встречается очень редко

thuringianhones.de is another option. It is owned by a member hatzicho (Peter) and he has some excellent quality thuringian bout stones and for a very reasonable price. Peter is very helpful and a great person to do business with. Highly recommended!

Спасибо! А можно ссылку на камни Питера?

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Спасибо! А можно ссылку на камни Питера?

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Sorry, I don’t know how to make a link. If you copy and paste the address that should bring you there.

Thuringianhones.de

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Sorry, I don’t know how to make a link. If you copy and paste the address that should bring you there.

Thuringianhones.de

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Спасибо! Сталь

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How’s the edge off the stone, Tim?

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How’s the edge off the stone, Tim?

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Not negative for sure. It hasn't made thing worse! I haven't done enough experimenting yet to get a true impression.

In what little I have done I am surprised at the scratch pattern I see.

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Not negative for sure. It hasn't made thing worse! I haven't done enough experimenting yet to get a true impression.

In what little I have done I am surprised at the scratch pattern I see.

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Oh? What do you mean?

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Oh? What do you mean?

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Exactly what I said but I understand I have communication issues with writing sometimes.

It hasn't hurt my shave and I haven't done enough experiments to get a true impression.

With what I have done I am surprised at the scratch patterns I see.

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Exactly what I said but I understand I have communication issues with writing sometimes.

It hasn't hurt my shave and I haven't done enough experiments to get a true impression.

With what I have done I am surprised at the scratch patterns I see.

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What surprised you about the scratch patterns Tim? Were they deeper than expected, lighter than expected? Less uniform than you expected? Not as reflective?

I've had a few in that color range and all performed very well!!! Great find!

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What surprised you about the scratch patterns Tim? Were they deeper than expected, lighter than expected? Less uniform than you expected? Not as reflective?

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More of a hazy look. A few deeper scratches but I am thinking they are left overs.

I think i can feel the stone I thought it would feel glassier.

Does this make sense?

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More of a hazy look. A few deeper scratches but I am thinking they are left overs.

I think i can feel the stone I thought it would feel glassier.

Does this make sense?

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I haven’t used an Escher or thuri but I know the feeling. Used to cotis but first time using a jnat I thought it would be smoother feeling on the stone.

I get that glassy feeling from my Vermio. It was lapped very smooth when I received it from Griffiths and it almost feels as if you are polishing on glass.

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More of a hazy look. A few deeper scratches but I am thinking they are left overs.

I think i can feel the stone I thought it would feel glassier.

Does this make sense?

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Perfect sense to me. They are special stones IMO. They give pretty good feedback almost as if they are very soft stones but the bevels don’t look like they were honed on a softer stone and the edges can be pretty amazing. What shocked me the most was the almost synthetic simplicity of using them.