Thread: Photos of Thuringian & Escher labels?

Just wondered if anyone could post pics of a few of these for the purpose of ID'ing specific hones?

Thanks
Stephen

Here is a picture of one of the many different labels that you might run across:

There's a few scattered around the forums too. Here's one from a little while ago.

James.

Thanks guys - certainly useful to see. I have just bought a small thuringian type hone in wooden box, yet to arrive. It seems to have the 'cup', squinting at it from a small picture on the screen. It appears pale pink in colour - I have noted a blue german label "The genuine water hone" on a friends similarly boxed small thuringian. The label looks to have the same writing config that the blue label has but can't read anything cos of the distance. Just thought it may be useful to have a label photo ID to help with piecing together puzzles confronted on places like eBay! Almost like a field guide to hone spotting! Labels with patches of associated hone as seen in the field (ie dodgy eBay photos).

thanks again
Stephen

Here's a few more:





James.

Have a new camera now so just managed to take some pics of a couple of almost identical Thuringians with same text but different coloured labels. Anyway - helps ID from a distant picture I suppose. Don't know if there is any significance in the colour - better be that the peach colour is best quality since the other one isn't mine

Even if it's not an Escher, it should still be an excellent stone! All of the thuringians I have either match or beat the polish of the Coticule, but cut slower so they are really only finishing hones, whereas the Coticule could do some light bevel work.

Hi Russel

The 'E & Co.' is marked in the cup in the middle of the label - hard to see from a distance.

thanks
Stephen

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

Even if it's not an Escher, it should still be an excellent stone! All of the thuringians I have either match or beat the polish of the Coticule, but cut slower so they are really only finishing hones, whereas the Coticule could do some light bevel work.