Thread: Escher Colors

Well I'm with you on being uncomfortable with mixing the slurry color to color but I don't think it would hurt anything. When you come right down to it the abrasive is still quartz. Even with coticules slurry stones are more often than not from a different vein rather than a piece of the larger stone but the abrasive is still garnet. Another possibility is to get a credit card sized diamond plate 325 grit from DMT. They are cheap and work well IME for raising slurry and handy if you've got a pocket knife.

Thanks a ton ... makes good sense. You guys are such great resources, and much appreciated. I like the idea of the diamond plate ... never thought of that to bring up a slurry, but that would certainly eliminate the cross-grit contamination concern.

Good morning ,Everyone!

What are the main differences with the Escher colors? I have a Dark Blue with slurry in the box at home and I love the hone, it's really cool, puts on a good edge, etc. Is the color differences just on the speed of the hone or does the smoothness of the edge have a factor also?

My Dark Blue Escher is considered lowest on the price scale when you look at the old price listing for Escher hones. I am wondering how big of an improvement the lighter colored ones are since they were more costly than the Dark Blue.

Either way it's awesome!

EDIT: I just read Jimmy's post and it pretty much answers what I asked. Sorry!