Thread: Took a gamble on Thury

Well, I managed to snag this from a snipe bid a few weeks ago. Not really cheap but a decent price for what it is.
It appeared to be a Y/G Thury.
After a quick cleanup of box and stone it is indeed a Thury. I'm not sure it is Y/G though.It seems to go more yellow with water. I have never seen a Yellow so any help would be great.
Typical Y/G's the color is almost enhanced with a litlle water, this one seems more yellow wet.
My question is what is the dark color in banding of Thury's? I have seen the discoloration on some but what mineral is it?
It does not seem detrimental in any way.
The edge produced from it is excellent and typical of very good Thury's.
Slurry is white -ish, typical Y-Y/G.









Wet, looks more Yellow,


Slurry,

Looks to be a yellow green.

Can't tell you about mineral composition.

But there are numerous Thurigan stones, that have marbling of different colors.

Typically.... The darker, the harder they are.

I have a dark and a light blue Thurigan, and a blue/green, and green, combo hone.





Fits the Barber's Jem, dimensions. 5.5x2"
No box, though.

Still waiting to stumble across a yellow green.

It was really inexpensive if you consider what a yg thuri in the box with a rubber would be in that form factor with escher box and label. Like super cheap. Some just have much more interesting surface features while others show almost nothing. Some even have fossil features.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

It was really inexpensive if you consider what a yg thuri in the box with a rubber would be in that form factor with escher box and label. Like super cheap. Some just have much more interesting surface features while others show almost nothing. Some even have fossil features.

This is what I was thinking too.
Nice box with graphics as well.
Can't find much about it as AHC was mostly synthetic Barber hones. Perhaps this predates their synthetic Barber hone days?
Minneapolis is odd too.
Its old and it performs like a great Thury should.
I would say it is now my best Barber hone and I have a few good ones(synthetic) but being a 5x2 Thury with a rubber of 1/2x1x2 with it and from AHC
Lid had instructions as well,

Just found a reference to American Hone Company in Minneapolis dated 1893, Third line down.
Long before Olean NY or Moravia Iowa.
Awesome!!

https://books.google.ca/books?id=hoh...apolis&f=false

Lovely hone and I am certain a great finisher. A piece of razor hone history, for certain!
Nice find. Take care to preserve labels and box.
Looks yellow to me.
Enjoy!

Originally Posted by outback

Looks to be a yellow green.

Can't tell you about mineral composition.

But there are numerous Thurigan stones, that have marbling of different colors.

Typically.... The darker, the harder they are.

I have a dark and a light blue Thurigan, and a blue/green, and green, combo hone.





Fits the Barber's Jem, dimensions. 5.5x2"
No box, though.

Still waiting to stumble across a yellow green.

Nice stone!
The only Y/G's I have owned were very pure and uniform. I wish I had kept my Barbers gem in Y/G.
Fortunately I was incredibly lucky to find another in B/G that I will kep forever.
When I seen this I was pretty sure and it is probably considered a Y/G, performance is top notch.