Thread: Identifying some water hones.

Originally Posted by outback

I'm doubtful about it being a Thurigan...but who knows for sure.

But anyhoo... Here's a pic of the different layers of known Thurigan, hones.

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Do all those stones give the same edge Mike?

Don't know, Steve. But I do have the light and dark blue, plus the blue/green, hones.

They all impart a slightly different edge.

The dark blue is very crisp, where the light blue is similar to a coti, just sharper. The blue/green is my choice for comfort and sharpness.

Think of the Artist I sent you, that was honed on the blue/green.

I've heard the light green, or yellow green was the cream of the crop, but everyone's got their own opinion.

I've yet to obtain one, to find out.

But hands down, the blue/green is my choice

Originally Posted by outback

Don't know, Steve. But I do have the light and dark blue, plus the blue/green, hones.

They all impart a slightly different edge.

The dark blue is very crisp, where the light blue is similar to a coti, just sharper. The blue/green is my choice for comfort and sharpness.

Think of the Artist I sent you, that was honed on the blue/green.

I've heard the light green, or yellow green was the cream of the crop, but everyone's got their own opinion.

I've yet to obtain one, to find out.

But hands down, the blue/green is my choice

My favourite of the ones I have is a massive 10x2 I found recently, and I think is a light green. In the picture you posted - what's the one on the far right? It's a similar colour to that.

[Edit - maybe it’s actually more similar to the one 2nd in from the right...]

OP - Sorry I was being dim originally, and didn't notice that there were two different stones. For the record I think they're both Thuris. I'd be basically certain about the larger one, and pretty confident on the smaller.

If they're not then they're definitely trying to pretend they are.

Originally Posted by xcvb

Hello everyone!
Most of the times when looking about information about old hone I managed without need to ask around, but with those two I got stumped.
I would like to ask if anyone recognizes or knows something about these two.

First stone with generic label in English and imperial size of 3/8'', sadly logo is destoryed.

Second stone with generic label in German, googling the company yelded no results. I have a list of some old German companies with logo and company name abbreviations but it does not inlcude any called P&S. What is more problematic is the "Wassersteine", most of the time the noun used for a hone is Abziehstein or Schleifstein. Wasserstein seems to more of an aquarium stone, at least based on my recent googling.

Should anyone know something about those stones, please comment.
Thanks in advance.

Best regards

I think both of them are thuringian hones. The lightning in the picture isn't showing the real color but the surface and edges of the stones looks clearly like slate. The labels are also typical for the thuringian sale companies or some solingen cuttlery companies that also sold these stones. Haven't found out so far to which company the P&S belonged.
Regards Peter

Originally Posted by hatzicho

I think both of them are thuringian hones. The lightning in the picture isn't showing the real color but the surface and edges of the stones looks clearly like slate. The labels are also typical for the thuringian sale companies or some solingen cuttlery companies that also sold these stones. Haven't found out so far to which company the P&S belonged.
Regards Peter

What? Bleeding thumb and all?

Originally Posted by Grazor

What? Bleeding thumb and all?

? Don't know exactly what you mean. The label? Well a very typical label for thuringian hones has this setup: a three field label with wording and text on the left and the right and a picture with often company information in the middle field. The text is more or less the same, the picture is exchangeable. More or less appealing.
On the smaller stone you can read -made in germany-. That would first date it to a time at least between WW1 and 2 since this marking change from the negativ british labelling of german products to a german quality sign. And second, together with the assumption of being slate would clearly make a thuringian since the only slate hones from germany at this time had been thuringian hones.
Regards Peter