Thread: Names of hones

Originally Posted by adrspach

I have no problem with the quality of the hone. I have problem with the name.

Yeah, I think I know what you're getting at... for example, the escher... by people referring to other thuringian stones as an escher, which is actually just a subset of thuringian, its getting to the point that characteristics of some of the other thuringian stones, which weren't present in the ones mined by the escher company, are coming to be used in the definition of eschers, creating a kind of misinformation. So, by all the misinformation, they're making it even harder than it already was to distinguish the two?

Originally Posted by kamikazeproject

Yeah, I think I know what you're getting at... for example, the escher... by people referring to other thuringian stones as an escher, which is actually just a subset of thuringian, its getting to the point that characteristics of some of the other thuringian stones, which weren't present in the ones mined by the escher company, are coming to be used in the definition of eschers, creating a kind of misinformation. So, by all the misinformation, they're making it even harder than it already was to distinguish the two?

Distinguish the two is simple, if its an escher it is labelled, without a label its a Thuringian.

Yep that is it.
I have many good hones which look like and behive like known hones but unless I am at least 95% sure I would not call them those names. As with the example I used I call them thuringian type hone.

Originally Posted by adrspach

Yep that is it.
I have many good hones which look like and behive like known hones but unless I am at least 95% sure I would not call them those names. As with the example I used I call them thuringian type hone.

Same here. Which is why I'll never sell my "Ye Olde Black Slick Rock." haha I'm not the kind of person who'll try to mislead people to make money, and I know that without those kinds of selling points, I'll never make what it's worth if I sell it. Besides that, it is awesome and I don't wanna sell it. haha