Thread: Fox Razor Hone - Goldfisch Wetzstein take your pick

Exactly!
Looks a little like a BBW to me.

Or the fabled brown Thuringian?

Originally Posted by 0livia

Exactly!
Looks a little like a BBW to me.

The color in the photo is off. Rather than the purple cast as you find in a BBW, this stone is more brown. There are no garnets in this stone; when viewed closely it appears it has the same mica schist abrasive found in Thuringians.

Originally Posted by Kees

Or the fabled brown Thuringian?

Sham is convinced that it is. Especially since the German label was revealed underneath the Fox label.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Kees

Or the fabled brown Thuringian?

+ 1 ..... Looks very like the one I got from Sham. Nice detective work picking up on the other label Chris.

This arrived in the mail today: Très ancienne pierre à affûter pour rasoir boîte bois en vente sur eBay.fr (fin le 28-févr.-10 19:22:28 Paris)

I just lapped it and gave my Goldedge a touch-up with it. I'll post some more pix tomorrow.

Added advantage is that I now know that a nameless I have had for ages appears to be a brown Thuringian as well!
I'll post pics of the lapped hone tomorrow.

fantastic stuff. how do those fox / goldfisch perform? I've been noticing all these antique dealers who sell stones in old wooden boxes - seemingly more for the boxes than the stones. what sorts of hones tend to be in those? fine ones?

The one I got performs really well. I think it is finer than many vintage grey Thuringen hones.

Originally Posted by Mijbil

fantastic stuff. how do those fox / goldfisch perform? I've been noticing all these antique dealers who sell stones in old wooden boxes - seemingly more for the boxes than the stones. what sorts of hones tend to be in those? fine ones?

Thuringian and Coticule stones were indeed boxed in wooden boxes. However, you must be cautious when bidding on old grimy looking wooden boxed sharpening stones. Most I've seen are close to worthless coarse oilstones.

Originally Posted by Kees

The one I got performs really well. I think it is finer than many vintage grey Thuringen hones.

People seemed to almost laugh at Sham some time ago when he stated that there was a "brown Escher". OK, maybe they didn't, but I recall skepticism. He's right. and you're right as you know, that you have a brown Thuringian. IIRC Sham also said, like you Kees, that the brown Thuringian put a better edge on a razor than the gray ones.

The one I had that started this post was very small. I sold it to Sham. I knew it would have a good home.

Chris L

I just got one of these on ebay and it's a bbw I knew it the moment I brought up my grape slurry. I have total of five bbw. 4 of which are natural combo's one is a man made combo. I guess I see now where it is that the seller latched on to the idea that he had a "Escher like" hone. Dollars to donuts it was this very thread.
Although if he felt it was a fabled brown Thuri why did he sell it so quick. How does the saying go "ignorance is bliss" I'll post pics as soon as my phone is charged up I'll place six hones all together, running the gambit between new and vintage(coloration is different) then I'll pull up a light slurry with a fine diamond so there will be no cross contamination.
Another truism is "the proof is in the pudding" the GRAPE pudding.