Thread: timbertools thuringian

Here the Mueller variety can be purchased. Not sure about the MST.

Somebody just sent me a link showing their Eschers, and the MST website. The website wasn't helpful as it was in German. However, the picture of the Eschers looked exactly like Thuringian that I was sent, as for EZ-PZ it says on the your name still learning, then learn unless you lived there. You have no way of knowing if these are the same stones are not and neither do I however I do know the one they sent me at least works.

hier is the link....neue Produkte
a very good price

there were 28 mines in Thuringia. Escher had 8 Mines. The GDR government has expropriated and destroyed all the documents.

Pardon Translator

There may be some new stones from MST or Müller that are about as good as vintage Thuringians/Eschers but most won't be. It's also said they're from Hunsrück.

the stones of MST come from Thuringia. It is near the Escher pits.

If you look at the MST website you can see the small ones they used to sell came from a Thuringian block. Their bigger stones are not called Thuringians but Natur-Wasserabziehstein, if they also came from Thuringian stone they wouldn't have given it a distinct different description.

If you look at this webshop you'll notice they call it Thüringer Art which means like thuringian.

If the MST Stones were as good as vintage Thuringians there wouldn't be as many threads at srp ripping on them

Originally Posted by markdfhr

I'm no expert, but from what I understand, the risk with any natural stone is that there can be a wide variation between each within a given type. I would guess that the mine where true Eschers comes from gave consistently good rocks OR whoever branded them had good quality control. Which it is, I don't know.

I have one of these Thuringians from Timbertools and it's smooth as glass.

Mark,
That's interesting!! I would love to see honing stone material get mined and processed so razors can be honed on them.
Patrick

Me, too, Patrick. Oh, off topic for the thread (sorry, fellas), but I did put this in another post and told Ace. I've a roo hide on the way. If I can manage to make a decent strop to send you, I will. Jimbo posted a way cool thread on it and I just had to try it.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...-pictures.html

So I may not be able to go to a mine and see how a hone is made, but I will get to see how a strop is made (hopefully).

I just honed my little 4/8 salamander our wedge:
100 laps on 1000 grit
100 laps on 6000 grit
100 laps on Timbertools Thuringian
the edge,as seen with 200X microscope, looks to be the equal of any finishing hone I have; really flawless
I'll shave with it in a couple of days, as it fits in my rotation