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01-04-2012, 12:57 PM #1
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Thanked: 1936Interesting, most boxed stones fit the box. You can more easily catch Sham over at http://www.razorandstone.com - The Front Page . Would love to hear what he has to say. EIther way, I hope it is a good finisher...that's the important part.
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01-04-2012, 01:11 PM #2
I found some pics of the label this one reminded me of.
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01-04-2012, 01:12 PM #3
I have genuine examples of both box and label (a later design, reminiscent of the Hohenzollern castle logo). Someone forging a label would choose one of the more common designs. What I do not believe however, is that box and stone originally belonged together. These boxes invariably fit their hones snugly (or only with some room to spare in length, to accomodate a rubber) and I know of no other example of this box with a labelled hone.
edit: Piet beat me to the Hohenzollern resemblance.
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01-04-2012, 02:31 PM #4
Very true that if someone were forging a label they would use the better known two that we are all familiar with. I had a couple of those Hohenzollern stones and maybe that is why the label on this stone looked familiar to me.
As I once told a friend, and fellow stone collector, you know you have a problem when you can spell Hohenzollern correctly from memory.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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01-04-2012, 02:50 PM #5
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Here the pic of the box from the auction
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01-04-2012, 03:06 PM #6
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Thanked: 4249Check out this thread look like Jimbo got one as well!!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...er-labels.html
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01-04-2012, 03:23 PM #7
That SRD (Drosescher) box means it is the real thing. They were a big supplier back then. Pure speculation but I am thinking that stone must have been made, based on the scarce label, at the tail end of JG Escher & Sohn's existence. Could be wrong though, I was wrong once before.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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01-04-2012, 03:29 PM #8
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Thanked: 15that second label is it exactly
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01-04-2012, 05:18 PM #9
Ohhhhhhh, the Escher sharks are swimming in my head!
Mike