Quote Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave View Post
I have a couple of thuringians, and one looks very similar to that one. I just measured it and it's almost exactly 5"x1", how big is that one? It looks to be about the same, if not a bit bigger. Mine's pretty black, but it looks dark green under some light. It'll polish up a storm, so it's a great stone. don't know if I would skip stropping though....

I like how small it is actually, it's really convenient and neat to use. To be honest I prefer that it doesn't have a label on it, it makes it more "pure" to me. Just pure natural rock, nothing else addded. Anyone else know what I mean?
When I was chasing them in the beginning I only wanted labeled Eschers because I didn't know enough to tell what I was getting without the label. Now that I do know the label would be inconsequential. OTOH, if you wanted to re-sell the stone a labeled stone will bring more in many cases.