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  1. 02-20-2010, 06:16 PM #1
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    Here's a hone I picked up yesterday in an antique shop. Dimensions are roughly 1 1/4 by 5 7/8 inches. Its a very dark slate gray color almost black. The surface is super slick an shiny, any guesstimates as to what this might be?
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  2. 02-20-2010, 06:25 PM #2
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    Judging by your pictures I would say you have an Escher or Escheresque stone. I believe they are thuringans...is that correct Jimmy?
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    Escher is one brand of Thuringian, but I don't know enough about them to say if that is one. Looks and sounds like it to me, though.
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    Looks like something in the Thuringan family to me too. See how it works on your razors and you'll know soon enough.
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  5. 02-21-2010, 01:51 AM #5
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    my guess was Thuringan as well... Good to know I'm in good company
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    Try raising a slurry; can't do that with an Arkansas, but an Escher or Thuringian will form a light creamy slurry.
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