Thread: My new Escher hone!

Lol that's it! See you in the pm world!

Originally Posted by sproosemoose

So this is the Escher you mentioned. I looks great, congrats.

Nice! Hope you enjoy it...!

ah looks the same as mine.

have you tryed it yet

I tried it last night, Gary. I used slurry and then slowly diluted to water and then let the water dry out for polishing.

If you finished with water you should have a nice smooth edge. i shaved of slurry finished edge it was smooth but a little crispier. The surface is nice and smooth on these stones. what size is yours , My escher is 5x2..

I am new here but thats a great looking stone
if there are ledgible markings on the box you might be able to call norton's cust. service and get a close idea of its grit if it does not say but some of the older stone makers used a letter scale yet I really have no idea if this applies to a barber's hone I saw this a lot on industrial rocks but ether way its a really nice piece congrats

Its about 5 and a half by 2 and a half, so its almost the same size as yours.

Originally Posted by gary haywood

If you finished with water you should have a nice smooth edge. i shaved of slurry finished edge it was smooth but a little crispier. The surface is nice and smooth on these stones. what size is yours , My escher is 5x2..

Thanks for the Monday morning eye candy fix... like butter. Nice.

Originally Posted by Word

I am new here but thats a great looking stone
if there are ledgible markings on the box you might be able to call norton's cust. service and get a close idea of its grit if it does not say but some of the older stone makers used a letter scale yet I really have no idea if this applies to a barber's hone I saw this a lot on industrial rocks but ether way its a really nice piece congrats

That stone is a "natural" and it is hard to put a grit rating on it the way you can with a synthetic. Escher's stones were mined in the Thuringen region of Germany before the turn of the 20th century and shortly thereafter. Real good for finish honing razors.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Well, Does anyone know where "Dark blue" would fit on the Escher scale? We really need your Escher chart to be finished, Jimmy!

If Pike's Escher prices are anything to go by here is an Escher comparing scale: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...tml#post580949