Thread: Vintage Thuringian

I've been playing around with my vintage Thuri lately and wanted to figure out what color of Escher to compare it to. The stone is grey... SO I built up some slurry, wiped it off with my finger and smeared it on a piece of plain white paper. After drying i was left with a yellowish green smear. The stone has quite an earthy smell to it and after lapping with a dmt 325 it gets a noticeable sheen to the honing surface. The edges it's producing are buttery and smooth and nicely keen; not as keen as say my jnat but easily as smooth and with some practice probably smoother. I'll post pics of the stone and smear tonight with hopes of a Thuri buff piping up and telling me what I've got.

By no means am I trying to say this is an Escher but might be of similar quality.

Dimensions and pics to follow!

All Eschers, thuringans are shades of gray. The various colors are a hue that is subtle. A practiced eye may be able to ID a stone color wise from a photo. Many examples in this archived thread here .

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

All Eschers, thuringans are shades of gray. The various colors are a hue that is subtle. A practiced eye may be able to ID a stone color wise from a photo. Many examples in this archived thread here .

I've looked at that thread.... 30 times since I've gotten this stone and, if the colors are correct in the pictures, this stone lines up in line with the 'yellow' mentioned in the OP's pictures.

Originally Posted by brooksie967

I've looked at that thread.... 30 times since I've gotten this stone

Glad to hear that you are not obsessing over it ......

All Eschers are Thuringiens, All Thuringens are not Eschers

Much more important then the color are the general characteristics of the stone,,, Checking fo Inclusions would be number 1 in my book , then how she slurries, and how that slurry reacts to the razor..

Color is the least important attribute,

Originally Posted by gssixgun

All Eschers are Thuringiens, All Thuringens are not Eschers

Much more important then the color are the general characteristics of the stone,,, Checking fo Inclusions would be number 1 in my book , then how she slurries, and how that slurry reacts to the razor..

Color is the least important attribute,

HUA, definitely not claiming this is an Escher, just wanted to compare it to the color scheme.

As far as includions, none to be noted. Slurrying with the slurry stone is slow but the slurry produced is creamy and yellow. Slurrying with a dmt credit card is much much faster of course.

The stone seems to auto slurry as well, producing a... slimy kind of feel... if that makes sense.

The slurry, when honing, has the look of thick cream with a distinct yellow hue to it.