Quote Originally Posted by rjezuit View Post
Let's see now. C12K ~ $30.00, Escher ~ $400-500. It's like comparing a Ferrari to a Vega, in price, but not performance. Is the Escher 12-15X a better finisher? Is it 12-15X faster. I have a thuringian, don't know if its an Escher, because no label, and I picked up a C12K just to compare. The Escher leaves a fine finish as does the thuri, but MUCH faster.
You are right. There is another important thing, I like bigger stones, not less than 2' wide, lenght at least 7'. And I use stones like this, I can feel it better. I wonder, what could be the cost of Escher 8' x 3' x 1'? One or may be two thousand.That is for professional honemeister, who hones 15-20 razors everyday. I'm collecting razors and stones both. From time to time I sell or buy some razors. Before selling I do honing, but 25-30 razors per year. And I easily manage finishing job by Chinese stone, I'm not in a hurry. I have an Escher, faster stone, which is inly one inch wide, I use it together with strop only for those 5 razors, with which I shave myself, in order to keep them in form.
There is another very important thing about Escher and Thuringian. I would like to quote a professional honemeister, I found this quote on a site, which is selling stones. " If you have used a high quality natural Belgian stone, the Escher/Thuringian stone is NOT recommended as a final hone, because the edge profiles created by these stones are different and not complementary. A high quality Belgian stone (such as the ones we sell) produces an edge without burrs, therefore that edge is already drawn toward attaining an ideal finish, so you wouldn't gain any advantage by using the Escher."