Thread: thuringinan stone

im looking for a good thuringinan stone does any one know where i can buy one thanks

Originally Posted by eleblu05

im looking for a good thuringinan stone does any one know where i can buy one thanks

Here you get som thuringians
Wasserabziehstein - Abziehen von Rasierklingen und Messer

Is "Korn: F 2500 (sehr fein)" the stone grit?

If so, I never saw such coarse Thuringians before.

EDIT:

By comparision, looking at the coticules, they have the F 2000 grit and also "J (8000)", seems that the "J" grit scale is what we are more used to.
So, if F2000 = J8000, then it makes more sense now that F2500 is the grit of the finer Thuringian.

Originally Posted by Leon

Is "Korn: F 2500 (sehr fein)" the stone grit?

If so, I never saw such coarse Thuringians before.

EDIT:

By comparision, looking at the coticules, they have the F 2000 grit and also "J (8000)", seems that the "J" grit scale is what we are more used to.
So, if F2000 = J8000, then it makes more sense now that F2500 is the grit of the finer Thuringian.

Leon,
I'll ask the seller and give you a meesage.

here you find the answer:

Schleifsteine und Messerschärfer - Kornvergleich internationaler Normen

Regards
Tom

I would not buy a new Thuringian , as reported by many others and from my own experience those are in the 8k range and not at all comparable to the vintage ones. On another hand a vintage Thuri provides a superb shaving edge.

Originally Posted by eTom

here you find the answer:

Schleifsteine und Messerschärfer - Kornvergleich internationaler Normen

Regards
Tom

Thanks Tom, that explains it.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I would not buy a new Thuringian , as reported by many others and from my own experience those are in the 8k range and not at all comparable to the vintage ones. On another hand a vintage Thuri provides a superb shaving edge.

So, these are coarser than the vintage Thuringians?
I have a vintage (I guess) Thuringian on my way. So, this will be finer, say in the 12k? 10k?

with natural stones you never know until you try it.
Vintage thuringians have great reputation, the new ones not so much.
I have tried two of the new ones from two different vendors, one of them was finer but both could not compare to my Escher. IMHO if you want an almost sure bet at a good Thuringian go for a vintage one. One thing to keep in mind, I have seen mentioned in a thread, that not all vintage Thuringians are razor quality I am not sure how one could tell the difference and if this is a fact though.

The Vintage Thuri in the little box is up to par with the Escher stones but it's small. That means you have to do a lot more laps on it. I own one and I love it like I love my Escher.

The big new ones are garbage imo, I have one and it sits in a cabinet somewhere.

Originally Posted by Disburden

The big new ones are garbage imo, I have one and it sits in a cabinet somewhere.

Agreed, I am not using it even for knifes..