Thread: Wow, Thuris!

Man, Thuringians have been getting a lot of love around here lately. From Eschers and Droeschers to Echters and various other unlabeled Thuris, people have been talking about them. Well, count me in. A couple of weeks ago, I received a candy-bar-sized "possible Thuringian" from AJ on the 'Bay, and have really been impressed by the smoothness of both the stone and the edges it produces. I ordered one of the Thuringians with slurry stone and wooden box that TimberTools sells (not one of their Original Eschers) and received it today. The surface of the stone itself isn't as smooth as the smaller vintage Thuri, but the edges it creates seem to be just as good. I'm happy!

im glad you like the timbertool stone.. keep us informed of how it performs for you.. as i recall there have been mixed reviews..
this is not meant a criticism, but it seems like some folks with more experience and refined tastes will down talk certain stones that work well for others.. in some cases they may be right, and its a case of their expectations are higher and their ability to discern differences are greater.. so anyways, that timbertool stone might not be as nice as your possible thuringian, but so far it works well and you are happy. good going.

There was a little 5x1" boxed Thuringian aj had for sale a while back (jan/feb). With the amount of alleged Thuringians he was selling at the time him describing this definate Thuringian as a 'possible Thuringian' was pretty funny.

The vintage Thuringians are great even the small ones but they take some practise to use.

If that was the one I am thinking of at least once he was not misleading.
I do have few of those small Thuris and some bigger ones and have to agree most of them they do take time to learne them. However for some reason probably luck I have also Mullers Thuri and that was quite easy to use.

I've read about the Welsh Thuri and debated on getting it. Of course, I read about a hundred pages about AJ's stones. lol. I'd be curious to hear your feedback, but I may stick with coticules as I have quite a bit already.....and I still don't know why I spend this much money on stones. lol

I prefer Thuringian Thuringians myself. It seems that the ones from Thuringia actually came by their name honestly. While the others are more affordable alternatives to a Thuringian stone, I really wish that name hadn't stuck to those welsh stones. It's the same thing as calling the C12k a Chinese Thuringian, or a Naniwa 12k a synthetic japanese thuringian....

Trust me, I wholeheartedly agree. People just want to be associated with it. The rock didn't even come from the region. I guess I'll call it Welsh slate next time.

Originally Posted by toovira

Trust me, I wholeheartedly agree. People just want to be associated with it. The rock didn't even come from the region. I guess I'll call it Welsh slate next time.

Trouble with that is, there are already known Welsh slate hones such as the DT or LM. For AJ's purposes, it's probably a way to keep them separate from, and to infer that they are finer than, the other kinds. Personally, I'd prefer he called it "Welsh Thuringian" rather than "W12K". Just sayin'!

Originally Posted by RoyceH

Trouble with that is, there are already known Welsh slate hones such as the DT or LM. For AJ's purposes, it's probably a way to keep them separate from, and to infer that they are finer than, the other kinds. Personally, I'd prefer he called it "Welsh Thuringian" rather than "W12K". Just sayin'!

The name welsh thuringian that AJ uses comes from somebody that told him that particular stone ability was like a thuringian so he named it
welsh thuringian, i wonder how he came up with the name "cutlers green" sure sound like a way to lure people in thinking they are buying a cutlers green.

Originally Posted by ezpz

im glad you like the timbertool stone.. keep us informed of how it performs for you.. as i recall there have been mixed reviews..
this is not meant a criticism, but it seems like some folks with more experience and refined tastes will down talk certain stones that work well for others.. in some cases they may be right, and its a case of their expectations are higher and their ability to discern differences are greater.. so anyways, that timbertool stone might not be as nice as your possible thuringian, but so far it works well and you are happy. good going.

Here's an update. I read a review of the Muller MST Thuri by Russell Baldridge that mentions comparing the results of using it with slurry, water, and dry. He was very impressed with the edge produced by the dry stone, and I figured, "Why not?". So I did 30 laps dry with my Timber Tools stone this morning and got the best shave of my admittedly short straight shaving career. After stropping and before shaving, I tried an HHT. I have hair that is very fine and tough to use in an HHT because it just moves out of the way with little resistance to the blade (normally I'd use a hair from my Korean wife, which looks like a bridge cable next to mine). Anyway, to my great surprise, the hair parted with very little pressure. With that and the great shave that followed, I just can't stop grinning!