Thread: Escher loved natural combos!

Man that one is perfect. 10", dual layer and an uncommon label. Very nice.

wow beautiful!!!!!!

Originally Posted by coachmike

Beautiful looking rock with an awesome label.

Please dont cry

Might as well add mine to the group.

Blue green. barbers delight. No lable, found at a flea market for $15

Originally Posted by outback

Might as well add mine to the group.

Blue green. barbers delight. No lable, found at a flea market for $15

That looks like a solid chunk

Yeah..no worries of ever wearing it out.!

I prefer honing with rock in hand, and it fits mine perfectly.



Pictured with my little, dark blue Thurigan.

9x2 yellow green, dual layer. Some pencil scribble on the side.

Very nice additions here and thanks for all who are keeping this thread alive!
My addition to the show is this old chunk of rock. It is the cutend of a typical slate plate from the old miners. This cutend has a length of nearly 40 cm, which represents the width of the plates, which had been between 50 and 100 cm in length. Thickness is between 4 and 5 cm. From these plates that had been stroke out from the layer in the quarry, the whetstones had been cut.



You can see that the blue layer of the combo has a brown natural skin, means either that the blue layer was only about 2-2,5 cm thick, that a natural cut runs through the layer or - most probably - the blue layer reached ground level, the outer side undergoes a typical alteration at free ambient conditions.



On the upper part of the yellow-green layer you can see chissel marks, means that the yellow layer was wider, but the plate was devided here, so that blue and yellow green layers did have approx. the same width:



Hope that helps a little bit in understanding how these whetstones have been mined in the past.

Regards to all
Peter

Originally Posted by hatzicho

Very nice additions here and thanks for all who are keeping this thread alive!
My addition to the show is this old chunk of rock. It is the cutend of a typical slate plate from the old miners. This cutend has a length of nearly 40 cm, which represents the width of the plates, which had been between 50 and 100 cm in length. Thickness is between 4 and 5 cm. From these plates that had been stroke out from the layer in the quarry, the whetstones had been cut.



You can see that the blue layer of the combo has a brown natural skin, means either that the blue layer was only about 2-2,5 cm thick, that a natural cut runs through the layer or - most probably - the blue layer reached ground level, the outer side undergoes a typical alteration at free ambient conditions.



On the upper part of the yellow-green layer you can see chissel marks, means that the yellow layer was wider, but the plate was devided here, so that blue and yellow green layers did have approx. the same width:



Hope that helps a little bit in understanding how these whetstones have been mined in the past.

Regards to all
Peter

Peter how far are you concerned about customers or cooperation Partners in „especially Selecting“ qualities of their future stock? On one hand i believe this is a fact of a good marketing, on the other hand is selecting qualities to name here „Dual Layered“ Combination Stones as they must have been known as „the Best Qualities“ is also a kind of making a decision before buying fex. dark-blue stones?

Where we all know that dark-blue stomes are not really „bad“ and their performance is also really good...

Edit: BTW...missed it....awesome addition as always Peter!! Thanks!

Originally Posted by hatzicho

Very nice additions here and thanks for all who are keeping this thread alive!
My addition to the show is this old chunk of rock. It is the cutend of a typical slate plate from the old miners. This cutend has a length of nearly 40 cm, which represents the width of the plates, which had been between 50 and 100 cm in length. Thickness is between 4 and 5 cm. From these plates that had been stroke out from the layer in the quarry, the whetstones had been cut.



You can see that the blue layer of the combo has a brown natural skin, means either that the blue layer was only about 2-2,5 cm thick, that a natural cut runs through the layer or - most probably - the blue layer reached ground level, the outer side undergoes a typical alteration at free ambient conditions.



On the upper part of the yellow-green layer you can see chissel marks, means that the yellow layer was wider, but the plate was devided here, so that blue and yellow green layers did have approx. the same width:



Hope that helps a little bit in understanding how these whetstones have been mined in the past.

Regards to all
Peter

Guess that explains the inclusion, in the darker side of mine.


It gives no ill affect, when honed on.