E&Co = Escher&Co??

[StraightRazorDave]

Hey all,

So a week or so ago I got a beautiful thuringian/escher hone from hi_bug_gl on the forum here. The first pic is just of the label (if you want to see more, go to http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...azor-hone.html ). I know the Celebrated Water Hone is mined from the same region as the Escher, but it doesn't say Escher on the front, but rather E&Co. I've read a lot of discussion about this, so I thought I would share what I just found out.

I came across across a great example of an Escher label that pretty much proves that E&Co is the SAME as Escher&Co. Compare the wording of the label on the "Celebrated" hone with the label from the "Escher", in the 2nd pic. I took the 2nd and 3rd pictures from the classifieds, I hope you don't mind blaireau! But the 2 labels have very similar wording...

My second observation was based on the name of the company on my stone, E&Co. The E most likely stands for "Escher", but I have more definitive proof now. Look at pic #3, it's the picture of the end of the stone labeled "Escher&Co" on the front. Although it says "Escher & Co" on the front, it CLEARLY says "E&Co" on the label on the side, on the SAME stone!

Thus proving that "E&Co" is the SAME as "Escher&Co"

Just wanted to share that!

P.s. If you already noticed those connections, please disregard this thread! I'm also up for any disagreement