MST Müller Water Hone - is it thuringian?

**PaddyX21** · 09-27-2011, 02:19 PM

I've seen them advertised for sale as iro 8k grit
Might get one as they're not too pricey, see what it's like.

I guess there are no quality issues anyone has found? Just the increased coarseness vs vintage?

**Brighty83** · 09-27-2011, 02:24 PM

The overall quality of mine is not bad, mine has some small grey/brown pitting in it but it wont effect the honing.

**Disburden** · 09-27-2011, 10:34 PM

I own one of these, I took a bite on it when it first came out...

It's not as fine as a vintage Thuringian stone and I really doubt it's even one...I would say it's about 5K-6K..but that's just mine?

**Brighty83** · 09-28-2011, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Disburden

I own one of these, I took a bite on it when it first came out...

It's not as fine as a vintage Thuringian stone and I really doubt it's even one...I would say it's about 5K-6K..but that's just mine?

I would say mine is 6-8k. I don't think it would be lower then 6k but not above 8k either

I could shave off mine but it wouldn't be a smooth shave.

**doorsch** · 03-30-2017, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by roughkype

The difference is in quality control. The companies that made Thuringian hones famous had much tighter standards for the stones they'd put their labels on. The modern ones are hit and miss.

Actually to add something to this statements its additionally a topic of geological origin, the stones made from MST do come from a different quarry then the vintage thuringian stones....

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