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I got this today at an antique store for $1!!!:eek:
It's very soft and lapped very easily with a 750 diamond hone, it has sort of a bluish/gray slurry. There seemed to be glue residue on one side, so I'm thinking it was in a box at one time. It feels very smooth and sort of like a Coticule when honing. It's 7" x 1 1/2" x 11/16". Do you guys think it's a Escher/Thuringian?
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95% yes, I'd think so.
Size and color look good.
Excellent Find!! Thanks for sharing. Now I don't feel so guilty about my find. I'm no expert on Eschers so I will leave that evaluation to the others. I'm sure you will get more responses in that regard. Maybe if you post the dimensions of the hone it would aid in putting a name to it.
Good luck!
Based on the pics, size, and soft and easy lapping, it seems very possible.
But my vintage thuringians feel nothing like my coticules. My coticules feel very hard and sort of scrape-y. My vintage thuringians feel very soft, smooth, and velvety with lots of feedback.
How's the edge it leaves?
It certainly does look like a vintage thuringian/escher! You're lapping seemed to confirm the feel of it, as it does lap easily (as least the ones I have) and leaves a slurry. But I agree with pjrage that it does have a different feel that my coticules, but that may just be your personal interpretation.
Try it on an already shave-ready edge for a few laps, strop it and try shaving with it! If you have a microscope it wouldn't hurt to look at the edge under magnification to see how it's affected the scratch pattern.
But seriously, $1???? I'm not jealous...:fim:
It is different than my Coticule, but WAY different than my C12k which has no feedback other than suction of the blade. It seems to have real nice feedback, more than a Coticule with only water. It will give a polish to an edge when I look at it under magnification.Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave
Than woman at the store pulled it out of a kitchen junk drawer when asked if there were any hones in the store. I tried to suppress any OMG look on my face when I saw it. Both top and bottom were covered in 1/64" deep gouges and dirt, it didn't look like much, but all that lapped off in about 10 mins. The $1 price made the 160 mile round trip very much worth it!!
Aren't Thuringians supposed to have a certain scent when wet?
When I lapped it it was like wet river rocks or something, just wet not as much but there a little. My Coticule is the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyment
Some, but not all, Eschers have a rough surface under the label like where they were hewn out of the rock when mined. Also some, but not all, have what looks like saw marks on the sides. Faint but they are there on some of them. Looks like an Escher or Thuringan. If it does a good job for you that is the main thing. :tu
The bottom is definitely not as refined as the top, in two of the corners it looks like it just came out of the rock quarry, on the sides I think I can see saw mark sort of at a 45 degree angle, but I'm not sure. On the ends they might be vertical.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I know what you mean, kind of an wet earthy smell to it. Nothing like it in the world.....smells nice.....Quote:
Originally Posted by rodb
OK, FWIW, The next person that finds a 1 dollar Escher in the local Antique shop, I'm willing to pay you ten times your money, yup, that's right....10 DOLLARS!!!! , heck I'll even send you a slurry stone of your choice. this is a limited time offer.....
I've said it before, when i went to my local Antique shop and said "Escher" The person behind the counter tilted their head, like a dog does when it hears a funny noise, and then said, "God Bless You"....They have no idea what I'm talking about....
Good Find my friend.....
LOL... the antique shops I've been to make the same move when I ask for a straight razor or a hone or sharpening stone. I would probably have a heart attack on the spot if any of them actually knew what an "Escher" was. Anyway, to improve your odds, don't ask for Eschers, ask for hones or sharpening stones and cross your fingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by zib
And don't limit yourself to the shaving area. I found mine in the kitchen tools area and a small Belgian Blue ($4) in a Carborundum box in a handtool hardware section of another store.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjrage
If the antique shops knew what an Escher was I am sure they would be selling them for more than $1.Quote:
Originally Posted by zib
I wouldn't even ask. Most places I go to don't know what they have in the store. Do a through search and your chances of finding something would be 100 times better than asking if they had something.
I give the store a once over then I ask. If the the store is a one owner and not the mall type with a bunch of sellers they might know what they have. It's worth a shot. I had one owner tell me she had a bunch of hones in the basement but they were buried under a bunch of other stuff and wouldn't go looking for them:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joed
Never let it be said that Rich doesn't have a big heart!:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by zib
Looks like an Escher/Thuringian to me. The softness, slurry and scratches confirm it.:)
I was trying to remember what you said about the scratches and the overall appearance of your Eschers when I was over that day. I does great things for the edges, so I'm sure it's an Escher.Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
Thanks again for the honing lesson!! It was a two hour master class!! :bow
Rod
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Originally Posted by zib
:rofl2:God Blessyou!:rofl2: BTW Ill double what Zib is paying.