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12-04-2009, 04:02 AM #11< Banned User >
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I'd listen to these folks. I can't identify hones by eye for crap, but that looks enough like an escher to me I'd take their word for it and eschers are one of the few naturals I know of that warn against use of oil (The only other stone I know of that looks similar to an escher to me are certain shards of black arkansas and those prefer oil).
Hell, list it in classifieds for 75% of what it's worth if it is a thuringian as an "unknown stone" and see if someone buys it.
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12-05-2009, 04:27 AM #12Senior Member
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Hi Mac, one just came up on ebay Germany. Item # 160384297889. Looks like recent mfg or very NOS.
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12-08-2009, 08:37 PM #13Senior Member
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Thanks Jimmy,
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I've pm'd the seller, in the hopes for some info., but no responce from him yet...hopefully he can solve this 'Faso' mystery.
Mac
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12-08-2009, 09:41 PM #14Only the paranoid survive
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Is the colour rendition in the photo's accurate? My monitor is showing a black hone, and if that is the case, it may come from Saxony. Black hones from this area have a very long history of use.
Kindest regards,
Alex
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12-08-2009, 10:33 PM #15Senior Member
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It is a dark, dark gray, but i would say that it isn't 'jet' black, like a surgical black arkansas, for example. Originally Posted by A_S
Thanks A_S. Cool information.
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12-15-2009, 03:13 AM #16Senior Member
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Well...it looks like that ebay Faso, went for a tidy sum... Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Congrats, on who won it.
Mac
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12-15-2009, 05:09 PM #17< Banned User >
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Wow, I've seen eschers going for less than that. Someone's gonna be ****ed if it arrives and it turns out it really isn't Thuringian.
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12-15-2009, 05:38 PM #18Unique. Like all of you.
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Of course it did - the ad was posted here after all. That Faso did not look like an Thuringian to me by the way, more like a Vosgienne. If so, that would speak in favour of Sham's term 'brown Eschers'. Originally Posted by McWolf1969
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12-15-2009, 10:31 PM #19Beard growth challenged
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So who bought this Faso?
I'd love to know more about them.
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02-27-2012, 06:00 PM #20Shaving Monk
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This old thread seems to be one of only two discussions I can find online about the old Faso German Water Hone. I recently picked one up as NOS--a little larger than the one posted above, but with the same label--and was highly impressed with the edge it gave to my favorite W&B--sharp, smooth, and brilliantly polished. Can anyone tell me more about the brand?
Thanx,
Christopher
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