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How were Thuringians used?
I've just gotten my first slate hone, which I suspect is Thuringian although there isn't much information about this particular branding ("Oh, wie herrlich"), aside from a thread in German where someone thinks it might have been Fassbinder & Co. Solingen.
It's glued into this cute little box which would be a shame to wreck, but somehow I don't think the wood will hold up well to being soaked as I do tend to finish with my water stones under (gently) running water, and definitely lap them that way. I'll probably just go ahead and waterlog the poor thing anyway because it seems like I'll be unlikely to get the stone out with damaging it even more. Does make me wonder how it was meant to be used given that it does say "to be used with water only". Was it typical to just splash a bit of water and go but never really lapping or rinsing off the slurry? Or I'm just underestimating wood's water handling ability and it'll still function fine as a container after repeated drenching unless it gets unreasonably moldy and I'm just lucky to have one that hasn't seen a lot of use yet?
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