Thread: Little Weirdo

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Pyrite and clay remind of Thuringians. Some of them have streaks of brown running through, like the hone to the right in your pictures. I've got a small boxed one with light brown patches; if I can find it, I'll post pictures.

Here you go.

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Then again, these brown inclusions are without exception very thin. That is to say, until maybe now, I've never heard of or seen one entirely in that colour.

Hm. Maybe I have after all. I once bought a small paddled coticule from France, at least that's what I thought. When it got here, it didn't look like a coticule at all, nor like anything else I knew. About fineness and hardness I can't state anything as I have never lapped or used it yet. This thread made me remember that one. It does seem to have the same sort of colour.

As you can see there are spots and waves quite unlike (other) Thuringians.

A line-up of a dark blue labelled Escher, Vosgienne, said paddled mystery hone, an unmarked boxed vintage Thuringian with brown inclusions, an unlabelled Durham Thuringian, a labelled yellow green Escher marketed by Droescher, an unmarked dual layer Thuringian, another boxed Thuringian, and a boxed red labelled E&Co. All are dry. I corrected the white balance. The Durham measures 61.5 mm or 2 13/32'' in width.

Original size here.