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They seem to have some good hones. let me know what everyone thinks about it.
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Timber Frame Tools - timberframers' source for specialty power tools, hand tools for post and beam, boat building, log building, timber framing, carpentry
They seem to have some good hones. let me know what everyone thinks about it.
Their coticules seem a little pricey but the prices on the Thurnigans look good.
Thanks!
Forum member Blaireau speaks very highly of them and he has more hones then Carter has liver pills if you are old enough to know what I mean. :) If not that is a lot of hones.
Tazz, thanks for this link, just wished I was working regularly right now, dont have the money for it.:(
The Thuringien hones as advertised are fantastic.
I have one from the original source in Germany. Unfortuneately, Mr Muller only really likes to deal with the trade in bulk and so it's not easy to go to him direct, even though he has an internet site.
You guys know the hone as a yellow green escher. It is better than my yellow coticule and I would say its a 12000+ grit hone. It's a pleasure to use and the blade sort of sucks to the hone to let you know when you are done if you know what I mean.
It's the best finishing hone I have used and if you want to polish some more, chromium oxide will do the job if your feeling lazy or 100 strops on leather will give you just a fantastic edge.
I've stopped looking since I bought one of them. Yes, that good......
The site is as follows:
MST - Müller Schleiftechnik
You need to look under new product.
Also I posted some photo's about a month ago showing the hone magnified X200.
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I contacted the Müller-company two weeks ago to see if they could send one to Austria. They replied, that a shop in my small home town(!) carried their products so I had that shop order me one which I got today. It's a beautiful hone, a yellow/green-grey Thuringian, very smooth and fine. They even included a slurry stone :tu
Already used it on two razors and am looking forward to shaving with them :cool:
I only wish they were available in bigger sizes, 12.5 cm really is short :cry:
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Here it is, it's the shorter one. The longer one is a coarse sandstone from Austria which I have yet to give a try.
Hello English. Is it the first stone on the New Product page?
Cheers LSBFW
Yes it is.
Prices
ca. 110x25x15 mm 16,50 €
ca. 125x25x15 mm 18,00 €
ca. 190x30x 6 mm 21,00 €
ca. 125x63x20 mm 58,90 €
I purchased the Euro 58.90 stone. It comes in a white cardboard box with a rubbing stone. The smaller stones will in my opinion do just as good a job.
I also bought one of the big 10"x3" stones (Second ones listed on the internet page). This stone is also really good. Don't be fooled by the price. This stone will hone as well as a yellow coticule. Having said this, I now feel spoilt with the smaller stone. The cheaper stone is grey black and after a quick clean up on a piece of wet and dry sandpaper (wet), this hone looks like a piece of glass. It feels like the more expensive hone in operation but its grit size is probably more like 8000 to 10000 rather than the 12000+ of the smaller hone. The cheaper hone comes as pictured in a wooden box.
There is a Tormek sharpening system on the site available with various jigs to hold blades in place. Has anyone used this to sharpen or hone a straight razor?
Jerry
Jerry,
I think the Tormek system is intended for sharpening chisels, plane irons, and the like. This makes it too aggressive for as delicate as a razor.
I know Gary Richter and have done business with him and he's a knowledgeable fellow. Of course, if you'd rather support a fellow SRPer, call or email me.