Thread: My first Thuringian

I finally gave in to the Thuringian temptation and bought a small dark blue vintage which arrived today. Mine is smooth as glass, easy to use with plain water, and seems to add a significant degree of sharpness above my previous finishers which include several coticules and the Naniwa 12k. Although these can be a bit pricey, I'm very glad I took the plunge.

As requested below, pix are now attached to reaffirm that the purchase did actually happen.

You gave into a weakness for a good cause, so it's all good

IF there's no pictures, it just didn't happen!

Pics are good....I've also found someone who has slurries for them. They work well, for the longest, I didn't use one, but the slurry does seem to add something to it...

Rich

You know I found my Thuringen to be my "surprise" stone, I bought one some time back at the same time I bought an Escher...
The Escher giving a great edge was a given, and it did..

The Thuringen I didn't pay huge money for, and I guess I wasn't expecting as much, but I was very pleasantly surprised with the buttery smooth edge it produces...
I use mine to start with a very light slurry, then to clear water FWIW...

Don't get me wrong on the dollars involved. I didn't pay huge money for mine either as a fellow user on B&B sold me this Thuringian at a very nice price. They just seem pricey on a per square inch basis compared to the other hones in my collection. Perhaps this is why my uninformed brain decided to wait so long to give one a try. One immediate benefit has been that 2 razors that were in my sell pile are now likely keepers.

I like the vintage Thuringian's too. They do an excellent job as a finisher and they will also work with the one hone method on a razor in decent shape going from heavy slurry to light and then to water. Hope you have fun playing with this one.

Lynn

Originally Posted by schatz

Don't get me wrong on the dollars involved...[Thuringians] just seem pricey on a per square inch basis compared to the other hones in my collection.

I always thought so too until I stopped counting square inches and started considering cubic inches. The cost of a 5x2 Escher ($250) is expensive compared to a 5x2 coticule ($55), but the Escher is almost 1" thick compared to the usual 3/16" for a coticule. Once I accounted for thickness (years of use), the Escher was a reasonably priced stone. (As reasonable as the coticule, anyway.)

Christopher