Thuringian Stone Experts.....converge!

[ChrisL]

Is anyone familiar with or does anyone have information on Karl Brodt & Sohn Thuringian stones?

I picked this one up some time ago. It's missing its rubber as virtually all boxed vintage Thuringian stones seem to. The paper label on the old wooden box has little that can be read. I'm almost certain it says Karl Brodt & Sohn manufacturers. 5"x1.5"x1"

The color is a light gray. I've added some comparison Thuringians that are darker for color comparison. The color of this stone is in my memory identical to the Hohenzollern Thuringian stone I sold to Kees last year in a fit of idiocacy. I say this because Kees went on then to say that the Hohenzollern performed so well he considered among if not the top stone even among his Eschers.

Any info on the manufacturer name would be appreciated.






Karl Brodt stone is in the middle in the picture above. The stone to the left is a Dark Blue Escher (labeled) and to the right, a darker than a dark blue escher unlabeled Thuringian which is finer than a DB Escher (go figure).


A Fox Razor Hone on the left (a burgundy colored stone), Karl Brodt stone in the center and the unlabeled dark colored Thuringian on the right.

Chris L