Thread: My New Toy

Originally Posted by tiddle

LOL! so you're the one that bought it! I was looking at it as well...alas, couldn't release the funds. Hope it serves you well. It was listed as a thuringian, but the pics weren't that great of the box, and I didn't see a name on the box either, other than "the celebrated".

HAHA No kidding! Yeah I figured it was a reasonable price for something that (allegedly) will perform like an Escher, albeit slightly smaller...The stone is in VERY good condition which makes me happy..

Originally Posted by jpcwon

HAHA No kidding! Yeah I figured it was a reasonable price for something that (allegedly) will perform like an Escher, albeit slightly smaller...The stone is in VERY good condition which makes me happy..

Yep, the price kinda threw me a bit as well; seeing what they usually go for. I'm not too familiar w/ nati's and I definitely don't have the experience to tell by just appearance, so I baulked on it. Glad to see one of our guys snagged it instead of some clueless antique person who is gonna try and resell it for $200.

Originally Posted by tiddle

Yep, the price kinda threw me a bit as well; seeing what they usually go for. I'm not too familiar w/ nati's and I definitely don't have the experience to tell by just appearance, so I baulked on it. Glad to see one of our guys snagged it instead of some clueless antique person who is gonna try and resell it for $200.

Exactly! I will put it to work, trust me!!

this my escher befor lapping

jpcwon, there are similar small boxed thuringians with a tiny goblet logo in the middle of the label with E&Co written on the goblet. I'm sure those were made by Escher, whether the ones with other labels were made by Escher I don't know. Escher wasn't the only company making thuringians. However because Escher put his name on so many backlabels, endlabels, cardboard boxes etc I personally wouldn't call anything an Escher without the name or logo on the stone or box.

All the little thuringians I have tried were very fine whether they had a goblet or not. So yeah, nice find!

jpcwon, I have a couple like you bought, and a couple with the E &Co label. They are not just similar. They are virtually identical. Mine vary in color, and may vary in quality, although I don't have enough experience to judge that.

What I do know though for sure is that they are delightful to use. I read somewhere that you can hold the stone end in your hand and let the top of the box run across your wrist and up your arm. I tried that and I think it works great. It almost forces you to be constantly aware of what the razor is doing on the stone. Much more intimate some how than honing on a larger stone that sits on a surface. I hope you find this to be true as well.

Enjoy

Don

Originally Posted by Piet

jpcwon, there are similar small boxed thuringians with a tiny goblet logo in the middle of the label with E&Co written on the goblet. I'm sure those were made by Escher, whether the ones with other labels were made by Escher I don't know. Escher wasn't the only company making thuringians. However because Escher put his name on so many backlabels, endlabels, cardboard boxes etc I personally wouldn't call anything an Escher without the name or logo on the stone or box.

All the little thuringians I have tried were very fine whether they had a goblet or not. So yeah, nice find!

Yes, I've seen the label with the Goblet (I believe it's yellow?), which is obviously Escher. I have to believe that the similarities between that one & the one I have are too numerous to overlook (the name Celebrated, the wording, etc..). I will not, however, call mine an "Escher" as there's no definitive proof. It is instead "My Little Thuri"!

This is 100% an Escher. I have 2 hones like this.
I am sure you will enjoy the performance of this little guy.

Looks like a nice little rock

I think i used to have one that looked pretty close to the one in the second pic, if I'm not mistaken