Thread: What's the appeal of Eschers?

I like Escher stuff - it's surprising and provocative... makes you Think outside the box (which is what the hat I'm wearing right now says, as well as Life is Good)

As for the stones - I like the labels
and I have been getting great edges with what I have... but haven't really tried the green/yellow and would like to. The fact that it's somewhat hard to get, expensive, and favored by rabbis adds to the appeal, I guess

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

...As for the stones - I like the labels ...

Cheers
Ivo

So, can you purchase a newly quarried Escher? ie are they still producing them? And if so, who sells them?

Thanks

-Lou

Originally Posted by izlat

...haven't really tried the green/yellow and would like to. The fact that it's somewhat hard to get, expensive, and favored by rabbis adds to the appeal, I guess

I think this probably hits the nail on the head.

Between the rabbis and the straight shavers, the ebay prices are soaring.

Also, Tony has posted a lot of info in the last few months about eschers and thuringens, the difference between green/yellow and blue/gray, the reasons for rabbinical preferences and so on, so people are more onto the eschers now even than before.

Combination of history, tradition, ritual and mysticism. Straight shavers are pretty susceptible to all this. Plus the cool labels.

The way I figure it, by the time we're handing stuff on to our grandkids, an original Tony's 4-sided paddle strop is gonna have more cachet than a pea-green German rock. They'll be going for $200 on ebay, more if it's one of the first-edition 1.5 inch...